Speeding traffic knows no limits
A few days ago this Renault Clio driver was certainly not observing the 30 mph speed limit or the polite request to drive slowly when he or she took the bend on Exmouth Road approaching West Hill. In fact the driver showed what regard the sign is held in by demolishing it! Budleigh Salterton is a relatively law-abiding sort of place, but the police would be the first to agree that a crime is being committed every few minutes at certain times of the day on the approach roads to the town. Many Exmouth Road residents believe that the ‘Please drive carefully’ sign hit by the speeding driver should have been located at the Knowle Road junction rather than where it currently lies. It was reported last month that vehicle speed checks conducted by the police using a radar device revealed that out of 66 vehicles checked on West Hill 22 were found to be over the 30 mph limit. Approximately 23 vehicles out of 52 checked travelling through Knowle village were discovered to be exceeding the 30 mph ...