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Yet again picturesque Leeds Village was a victim of the
over-weight vehicle - an all too common occurrence. They
cause our houses to rattle, cause damage to our village and
property and cause inconvenience to us all. It's got to
stop.
Local resident, Antonia Graham reported on today's incident
which left bus passengers terrified.
"July 13th, about 1.30pm I became aware of the change in the
normal, constant rumble of day time traffic through our village.
Upon investigation I find an over weight HGV literally ploughing
it’s way past the 13 bus, shaking it to the screams of the poor
passengers, pensioners and very young toddlers within,
sandwiched between it and the high wall. Amazingly he works his
way through after a series of unforgiving scrapes.
No sooner had
this horror subsided and the smirking driver of the HGV cowardly
continued on his journey, another overweight HGV merrily hurtles
past Foley Hill corner and attempts to pass the stationed bus,
again with a smirking driver. To the amazement of us all he
tries to edge his way past until he gets wedged in a cloud of
fumes from an exhausted clutch. At last the sounds of police
sirens and we can heave a sigh of relief in the naïve hope that
maybe this time Kent Highways will start to review our traffic
problems."
"I would like a total lorry ban to start with (as suggested
by a 17.5 ton lorry driver stuck in the long tail backs. He says
it’s a short-cut road too tempting not to take but knows very
well that it’s not suitable for any heavy traffic and would
rather not be allowed along it)."
Don't forget we want to receive all your sightings of
over-weights. You can report them
here on the website.
All reports are forwarded on to the police. Nothing ever
seems to get done, but all your reports add up and help
strengthen our case for some action to reduce this menace.
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