Distinguished residents of Highfield Avenue rightfully show concern at the speed of vehicles using it as a short cut.

It’s a pity the same concern is not given to the rest of the town. Long Meadows, Abbott Road, Wick Lane, The Drive and many other roads are treated like race tracks, but not until it affects our local town councillor do we hear any protest.

Or does he think that Highfield Avenue is the only street where speed limits are frequently abused? Mr Wallington- Hayes requests the road he lives in to be marked as a 20mph speed limit, enforceable by law.

What effect will that have when the existing limits are broken without much fear of prosecution?

Or are the present limits not enforceable by law?

The road’s retired police officer voices his concern about children having to cross the street on their way to school.

Children cross all our roads to reach their schools every day, but until now no concern has been given to them. Why should Highfield Avenue be given any special treatment?

Of course, the residents of Highfield Avenue do not want to see any accidents in their street, but equally nor do I want to see any in mine. We see the local children trek off to school every day and pray they all return safely.

Let’s make a blanket 20mph limit across the town, of course “enforceable by law”.

But this is really where the problem lies. The existing limit is not policed adequately, so why should we believe that a new limit would?

What is the answer to this increasingly dangerous situation?

I hope wiser people than me can come up with the solution because, make no mistake, more of our residents could be killed on our streets.

D J Cowley
Laurel Avenue
Dovercour