Dear Editor,

Changes to speed limits can be hard to spot, when as a responsible driver one is meant to concentrate on the road ahead; not to the side peering into bushes or whatever.

I’ve been writing on this issue for some time, but have found letters from 1999 making the same points. One suggestion was a zigzag line painted on the road before any speed changes, I’ve also suggested painting the speed limits on the road, and maybe a small bump across the road.

The fact that none of this has been done in the last 25 year suggests the council interest is more on revenue raising than safety of pedestrians and vehicles.

My car was pinged for speeding when I wasn’t even the driver, but I have resiled from dobbing in someone who was helping me out of hospital, so I’ve lost my licence for three months.

This is a major bias against rural dwellers, first we have to drive further, and second if we are pinged too many times and lose our licence, it is actually life threatening.

I’ve bought a battery supported push bike. Nearly $3,000 down the drain because to ride on roads without bike paths can be downright dangerous.

My local council, Litchfield Council, doesn’t give a rats about such issues, even to fix a short section.

“After some lengthy investigation into this matter, and albeit we are sympathetic to your situation, there are currently no plans for a bike path/footpath on from Dichondra/Girraween roads to Coolalinga,” the council wrote to me.

I hope that if I don’t make it to the end of my three months this letter will be my memorial … sob.

Rob Wesley, Howard Springs

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