Wednesday 21 November 2007

Woolly Madness

Further to these posts, here and here, another danger on Hathersage Road at the Piper House bend is frequently seen by those who use the road regularly.

Today driving up towards Hathersage just at the point where the latest fatal accident occurred, three sheep calmly walked in front of cars coming towards Sheffield. Drivers cannot possibly see this beforehand. There is no local speed limit. Sheffield City Council is the main owner of the land where the sheep graze and where the fence is never adequately maintained.

One obvious thing the council could do is to ensure that sheep cannot escape onto the road. A more radical and longer term solution is to make the whole stretch of road a 40 mph limit properly enforced and with signage warning of sheep (and deer). Roads should never be used as race tracks - they are for people wanting to get simply and safely from A to B.


Thorn tree on Thistle Hill

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