Residents fume over Kelvin Drive speed trapping
MORNINGSIDE - A number of residents have written about the speed trapping on Kelvin Drive where the speed limit has been reduced to 40km/h.
Metro police have been accused by some of overzealous speed trapping on the downhill slope along Kelvin Drive in Morningside.
Shelli Palframan writes:
There are only two signs on the left of the road (Bowling Avenue to Rivonia Road) and only one on the right at the top near Rivonia Road (Rivonia to Bowling) and nothing on the rest of the road. This is illegal. There is also not enough warning to slow down on such a steep downhill.
Melissa Amy Zwaneveld writes:
I haven’t been fined myself but to try and go 40kmph down that hill is actually rather dangerous. It is really an unnecessary place to be trapping, there are much better places that actually need it!
Zainab Goondiwala writes:
After reading the article I was rather concerned as I travel along this road. I have not received any fines by post so I thought I would check online and to my horror I have four fines at this very spot dating back to May 2013 until 9 June. So heaven alone knows what the fines will be up to now, end of July 2013.
I agree with everything the writer has mentioned. I do think these fines are ridiculous and unreasonable. Furthermore for the same speed on two different occassions the fines are different, one is R750 and the other R1500!
I honestly cannot afford these. I always pay any fines timeously so as to avail the 50% discount and most will be around 81km in a 70 zone or 71 in a 60 zone. Our law enforcement will gladly put me in jail for being unable to afford these fines but it does nothing about all the murdering, robbing scum out there. I’m so fed up and I dont have a clue how to approach this. The best part is, if I had not checked online I would not have even known as I have not received any notification.
Judith Taylor writes:
In response to the letters on this issue, I have seen two people die outside my house in car collisions.
Since the sign went up, we have had no more deaths. Collisions continue with broken bones and other injuries. Those of you who have been fined, sorry, but the system is now working and has markedly decreased deaths and injuries. Obeying the law is the duty of us all otherwise we have chaos.
