100 signatures reached
To: Herefordshire council
Copse Cross St: Road safety petition
Traffic calming, wider pavements, signage.
Why is this important?
We've had enough of drivers thinking its ok to mount the pavement (big no) then DRIVE ALONG the pavement (HELL no).
We’ve also had enough of drivers speeding down Copse Cross Street towards the High Street - it's dangerous, arrogant, idiotic and quite frankly extremely frustrating.
It takes seconds for a child to run out the door of a shop - as parents of three little ones whom are naturally naïve to the dangers that come with speeding and mounting pavements (because it's illegal, they shouldn't actually have to be aware at 5 years old how insane the human race has become in a battle to get around - "let's just break all laws because I want to get down this road faster than you" 🫣)
Not only is this actually dangerous for children, for our customers, customers of the shops and restaurants around us, but for anybody who dares to walk up the Hidden High Street - young or old.
In fact, we've spoken to multiple people who will purposely walk around the back of the Hidden High Street and across the beautiful St Marys Gardens because they don't like walking along this section of the High Street.
As business owners, we are continually losing trade because it's not an enticing street for footfall, people walk with their head down to watch their footing or are staring at the cars to make sure they are safe - the amount of locals who still don't know we exist or where we are simply because of this is tremendous.
Every day we see drivers generally right outside our window (yay) arguing, swearing (teaching great lessons to the next generation by the way) and just generally acting in a manner that is just confusing.
All we're asking for is humans to put a little more conscious thought over their seemingly humongous egos for the sake of our community, our businesses, just our town in general.
We’ve also had enough of drivers speeding down Copse Cross Street towards the High Street - it's dangerous, arrogant, idiotic and quite frankly extremely frustrating.
It takes seconds for a child to run out the door of a shop - as parents of three little ones whom are naturally naïve to the dangers that come with speeding and mounting pavements (because it's illegal, they shouldn't actually have to be aware at 5 years old how insane the human race has become in a battle to get around - "let's just break all laws because I want to get down this road faster than you" 🫣)
Not only is this actually dangerous for children, for our customers, customers of the shops and restaurants around us, but for anybody who dares to walk up the Hidden High Street - young or old.
In fact, we've spoken to multiple people who will purposely walk around the back of the Hidden High Street and across the beautiful St Marys Gardens because they don't like walking along this section of the High Street.
As business owners, we are continually losing trade because it's not an enticing street for footfall, people walk with their head down to watch their footing or are staring at the cars to make sure they are safe - the amount of locals who still don't know we exist or where we are simply because of this is tremendous.
Every day we see drivers generally right outside our window (yay) arguing, swearing (teaching great lessons to the next generation by the way) and just generally acting in a manner that is just confusing.
All we're asking for is humans to put a little more conscious thought over their seemingly humongous egos for the sake of our community, our businesses, just our town in general.
