Speeding cars, vans or motorcycles. Residents of Lievendaal are completely fed up with it. Cars drive far too fast in the Eindhoven district, including on Johannes Buyslaan and Loeffstraat. A petition to do something about it has been signed more than 600 times.
“I pay extra attention because I think it is very dangerous here”, local resident Hannie says. She lives in the neighbourhood and regularly experiences nuisance from speeding traffic. “They drive terribly fast here”. Hannie has also signed the petition. “I recently counted, those four streets have 250 households, so I think 620 signatures is quite a lot.” With the petition, residents want to ask the municipality to pay attention to the traffic situation in the neighbourhood.
Petition
“A lot”, Rene Talens, member of the Werkgroep Verkeer Lievendaal (Lievendaal traffic working group), calls the number of signatures collected. “We didn’t expect so many at first”. Rene hopes that the municipality will tackle the traffic situation. Council members will visit on Tuesday to look at the problems for themselves.
Unsafe
The nuisance is nothing new. There has been a feeling of insecurity within the neighbourhood for some time. “A few months ago, a local resident was hit by a car, and he needed months of recovery from bruises”, local resident Loek says. “How long do we have to wait for worse?” Other local residents also experience nuisance. An elderly resident now parks her car half on the sidewalk, because a driver previously hit her parked car head-on.
Test
Previously, the municipality had SIDs (Snelheid Informatie Displays, visual speed displays), installed that use smileys to indicate whether motorists are driving too fast. The speedometers indicated that most drivers drive too fast through the neighbourhood at night. The group of residents thought that was strange.
The Werkgroep Verkeer Lievendaal has had a test carried out by Veilig Verkeer Nederland (traffic safety Netherlands). “An employee stood with a laser gun for two hours and there were 150 vehicles speeding”. There is a maximum speed of 30 kilometres per hour in the district.
Measurements
The Municipality of Eindhoven has announced that it is aware of the traffic situation in the district. Previous measurements by the municipality reportedly showed that 85 per cent of drivers in the district drive a maximum of 39 kilometres per hour. 15 per cent would exceed this speed. The municipality has not yet announced whether measures will be taken. On Tuesday afternoon, several city council members will come by to talk to residents.
Source: Studio040
Translated by: Bob
