I'm going to end by saying there have been numerous bad crashes on the Eccleshall Road in the past 12 months. One caused structural damage on someone's house, couple of weeks back a nasty one at the junction with the Holmcroft road. The police were there and I asked them when something was going to be done about the speeds I witness almost daily along there and the number of nasty accidents. People come flying off the motorway, boy racers overtaking all along. The policemen was generally shocked that there was an issue with speed or bad driving and said speed was the responsibility of the council. So no one gives two f*cks basically.
Yep, the fact that the whole population is beholden to car drivers, everything is planned around car drivers, no other from of transport or concerns over air quality, peoples quality of life, the safety of children, it matter not one jot. All that matters is not inconveniencing the motorist and their selfish wants. More civilised and community minded countries have long since realised how backward this is and shifted focus on the needs of the residents. The streets and neighbourhoods are much better places for it. Maybe if car drivers couldn't make the lives of residents miserable and access restrictions were imposed they might use alternative forms of transport that benefit everyone. LTNs all round please