“Since the opening of the Kianga Ora housing estate on Puriri
Park Road, cars have been speeding down the road sometimes during the day, but
always at night, usually at weekends after 11 pm. Also, burnouts are happening
regularly as can be seen from the tyre marks down the street. Someone is going
to be killed/maimed shortly as one of these adrenaline/drug-fuelled drivers
loses control or runs down a senior citizen crossing from the rest home. I hear
the cars accelerating down the street. I have contacted the council, the Mayor,
and our local MP, but they are only interested in grandstanding. The cure is
speed humps. We need them before a school child or senior citizen is killed.” –
Name withheld.