A resident plagued by speeding has urged the council and police to take action 'before someone dies' in a High Wycombe neighbourhood. 

Those living in Booker, Castlefield and Cressex have spoken out after years of reports of speeding cars and noisy exhausts.

Rutland Avenue area is a "hotspot for racing and illegal and very noisy exhausts," claimed one resident named Peter, who only gave his first name. 

He said: “This is causing extreme distress not least with my partner who lives in the area who is actually thinking of moving house because of this.

“Why should people move away because the Council and the police are not doing anything?”

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The roads become a “racecourse” in the evenings, and the problem seems to be getting worse, he said.

“Rutland Avenue, it’s a 30mph residential road, and it’s also near a school. There is some traffic calming on Rutland Avenue.”

Despite the measures, racers “rev up, and race along there,” he said.

He added: “You can literally see a car go past so fast, that it’s gone in a flash. It used to have traffic calming there, it used to have the little speed bumps to slow people down, but for some weird reason the Council got rid of them.”

They tried to take registration numbers down for the police, but he said why residents should “sit there with a note pad and take down details." 

 

“Is it that difficult, first of all, for the police to set up some technology, we all know about speed cameras, to catch these people and deal with them?

“And also the council really needs to look into areas where they need to calm down the traffic.  

“What will the Council do about calming traffic down? They’ll probably talk about money. They probably wait for someone to die before something happens.”

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The police did "targeted enforcement and education" to reduce road fatalities and serious injuries, Thames Valley Police said. 

A spokesperson from the force commented: “Work is ongoing in Castlefield with partners to address concerns over speeding and if there is concern over speeding in Booker and Cressex this information will be reviewed and we will again look to work with our partners and take appropriate action. 

“Cressex Road is already an approved mobile camera site and so far this year has been subject to 13 visits so far this year." 

The force told the residents to continue reporting any speeding or anti-social driving incidents so the police can "continue to build up an intelligence picture and target areas where there is greatest risk." 

“Additionally, we would also encourage members of the public to consider setting up Community Speedwatches,” the added. 

Buckinghamshire Council's Steven Broadbent told the Free Press: "The local community and Thames Valley Police (TVP) have made us aware of anti-social driving issues in the Castlefield area in High Wycombe, which TVP have the power to take enforcement action on.

"However, in order to help make the roads in this area safer for all, we've developed some traffic calming proposals that are currently being discussed with the local school and affected residents.

"Hopefully, in the very near future, we can implement these proposals and begin to tackle the anti-social driving."