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A woman who has lost a dozen wing mirrors to speeding motorists outside her home has had enough - and is calling for road improvements.
Maria Hickinbotham, 62, of Main Street, Lyddington, Rutland, has spent £2,500 replacing the mirrors over the past five years.
Homes in the street in the picturesque village do not have driveways, meaning residents have to park on the narrow road.
Maria says some motorists speed along the road – which has a 30mph limit – and then struggle to slow down to give way to oncoming cars.
The road is too narrow for vehicles to pass each other when there is a car parked outside the row of cottages where she lives, forcing vehicles to pull in close to the stationary vehicles.
She had her 12th wing mirror knocked off her Ford Focus on Friday, July 12. Angry and frustrated by the latest incident, she has now called a meeting between Rutland County Council, Lyddington Parish Council, police and residents to express her concerns and try to resolve the problem.
The meeting will take place outside her house in Main Street at 4pm on Wednesday.
She said: "Cars just come speeding through the village and don't realise how narrow it is, and by that time it's too late to slow down.
"They have to pull over to avoid a collision and that's when they hit my wing mirror. I'm sick to death of having to pay out for new ones.
"My car is a 2002 model and the wing mirrors don't fold in. I have heard of others losing wing mirrors, but not on this scale."
She said that the speeds at which some cars go through the village are "ludicrous", and she fears someone will one day be killed.
"I really want to highlight the problems – that's why I've called the meeting," she said.
"The situation was exacerbated when homes were built behind a stone orchard wall with an entrance built on a bend.
"We warned the county council it would cause problems and it has, with cars parking further up the street away from the entrance."
As a temporary solution, Maria has been given a cone by Lyddington Parish Council chairman Ian Canadine, which she puts next to her car to highlight it for motorists passing through.
"It's a police cone, but it's already been knocked over several times," she said.
She believes a chicane at both ends of the street would slow cars down and highlight a right-of-way priority.
Her daughter, Charlie, also had a wing mirror broken off when she was parked outside her mum's house. Reported by This is 1 day ago.
A woman who has lost a dozen wing mirrors to speeding motorists outside her home has had enough - and is calling for road improvements.
Maria Hickinbotham, 62, of Main Street, Lyddington, Rutland, has spent £2,500 replacing the mirrors over the past five years.
Homes in the street in the picturesque village do not have driveways, meaning residents have to park on the narrow road.
Maria says some motorists speed along the road – which has a 30mph limit – and then struggle to slow down to give way to oncoming cars.
The road is too narrow for vehicles to pass each other when there is a car parked outside the row of cottages where she lives, forcing vehicles to pull in close to the stationary vehicles.
She had her 12th wing mirror knocked off her Ford Focus on Friday, July 12. Angry and frustrated by the latest incident, she has now called a meeting between Rutland County Council, Lyddington Parish Council, police and residents to express her concerns and try to resolve the problem.
The meeting will take place outside her house in Main Street at 4pm on Wednesday.
She said: "Cars just come speeding through the village and don't realise how narrow it is, and by that time it's too late to slow down.
"They have to pull over to avoid a collision and that's when they hit my wing mirror. I'm sick to death of having to pay out for new ones.
"My car is a 2002 model and the wing mirrors don't fold in. I have heard of others losing wing mirrors, but not on this scale."
She said that the speeds at which some cars go through the village are "ludicrous", and she fears someone will one day be killed.
"I really want to highlight the problems – that's why I've called the meeting," she said.
"The situation was exacerbated when homes were built behind a stone orchard wall with an entrance built on a bend.
"We warned the county council it would cause problems and it has, with cars parking further up the street away from the entrance."
As a temporary solution, Maria has been given a cone by Lyddington Parish Council chairman Ian Canadine, which she puts next to her car to highlight it for motorists passing through.
"It's a police cone, but it's already been knocked over several times," she said.
She believes a chicane at both ends of the street would slow cars down and highlight a right-of-way priority.
Her daughter, Charlie, also had a wing mirror broken off when she was parked outside her mum's house. Reported by This is 1 day ago.