Pedestrians beware
I had the misfortune to walk from Bonar Street to Arncliffe Street to shop at Woolworths on January 5th. It was raining heavily. Whilst waiting to cross the road to shop at Woolworths a 4 wheel drive vehicle drove through a large puddle nearby and my good leather handbag and white trousers were completely ruined due to all the petrol and oil deposits mixed with dirty water on the road and pavement.
It took me 15 minutes to clean my shoes on my return home and in spite of soaking the trousers immediately I could not remove any of the grease and oil splashes.
This road is an absolute disgrace. Surely the pavement and road along this stretch could be cleaned up. Many people in this area do not have cars and have to walk this way to shop. Pedestrians beware!
Patricia Houghton Arncliffe
Jet ski hoons
Re Jet Ski Hoons (Leader, January 6).
I wholeheartedly support the proposed action in bringing the Georges River jet-ski hoons under control.
I live in Lugarno where the 8 knot speed limit is simply ignored.
They hunt in packs of up to 10 skis with speeds in our area frequently exceeding 40 knots.
When the Maritime Police are in the vicinity, the speeds drop.
I would be quite happy to have a CCTV camera mounted on my property. It would pay for its installation on one weekend.
Jack Moffatt, Lugarno
Ridiculous proposal
The outrageous proposal by RMS/LT Joint Venture to stop all north-bound traffic from Stuart Street, Blakehurst, entering the Princes Highway as well as all south-bound traffic from the Princes Highway entering Stuart Street, can only be drawn up by someone who does not live in Blakehurst.
In 1969, when I purchased my property, it was normal to turn right off Princes Highway into Church Street.
However, Kogarah Council at that time and didn’t like traffic driving up the hill arranged to have right-hand turns into Church Street stopped.
This left us Stuart Street to enter Blakehurst when travelling on Princes Highway from the north. There is no other reasonable way of entering that part of Blakehurst south of the Princes Highway when travelling from the north, and so this ridiculous proposal of the RMS/LT Joint Venture must not proceed. Far better to spend the money widening Stuart Street.
Bruce Smith, Blakehurst
Pathway danger
Re ‘‘Beachfront Path’’ (Your View, December 16) – another win for the minority.
I recently took my wife for a leisurely stroll along the beachside walk at Dolls Point. What a nightmare!
The pathway was a shared one with cyclists and these idiots were out of control. They ride straight at you and sweep around you at the last minute.
They come from behind and flash past at about 20km/h about 300cm from your elbow.
After 20 minutes we were both nervous wrecks from having the living daylights scared out of us by theses inconsiderate fools.
The same applies to non-shared footpaths which are used in the same way by cyclists.
On shared footpaths, putting together pedestrians and cyclists where pedestrians are unaware of cyclists coming from behind because they make no noise and cyclists being unaware of what pedestrians are going to do such as stepping sideways unexpectedly is a recipe for disaster.
Because of this, any shared pathways must have a barrier between the pedestrians and the cyclists so pedestrians can feel safe because expecting cyclists to do the right thing is just wishful thinking.
John O’Connor, Kingsgrove