28-Aug-2004, 01:47 PM
Traffic calming measures are nationwide - we have our fair share of them in Wigan, including ridiculous "rumble strips" painted across the road I live on. Our road has no pavement (the first houses built on it date from 1670-something) so I presume the council were trying to keep traffic speeds down to make life safer for pedestrians. Hmmph! Try telling that to the boy racers who use our road as a short cut after the pubs have closed, bass pumping out on their car stereos! Sigh!

