Trying to walk across State Highway 1 in the Kaiwaka town zone is like dancing with the devil. You can your life in your hands trying to navigate across the road without a car or truck exceeding the speed limit bearing down on you.
My daughter (Miss 3) often asks if we could walk to the post office, however as it would require us to cross the road I am just too frightened to risk it. Particularly as our post office is situated just after the speed reduces to 50. I truly worry about the children that need to cross that road each and every day.
Although lets be honest here, how many people actually reduce their speed going through Kaiwaka!
On more than one occasion I have been tailgated by a truck either coming down the hill or going up.
I know it has been tried before, there has to be something said though for perseverance. A petition is currently circulating about this very topic. If you haven't read about it more information is available in the 23 June 2015 version of the Kaiwaka Bugle.
The petition is available to view, and sign, at Kaiwaka Foodmart/Post Office, Coffee Pot Cafe, and Caltex Station. If you would like a copy of the petition for people to sign at your place of business then please email us on caring4kaiwaka@gmail.com.
As the police advertising warns us speed kills, so save a life by signing the petition and helping us get the speed in Kaiwaka lowered.
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