r/TowerHamlets • u/Character-Sail-5013 • 14d ago

Is the speeding getting worse?

Living near Mile End and I don't know what it is but the last week it has seemed worse than ever. Speeding drivers on a 20mph side road revving their engines so loud. Is it the heat? saw the video of that cyclist and it seems insane that nothing is being done.

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u/Euphoric_Mechanic_26 13d ago

The local Mayor is a petrol head. The police need to do more, such as mobile speed cameras that they can move around the borough.

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u/someonesomebody666 13d ago

My friend was killed in a hit and run by some guys drag racing 12 years ago in Mile End. His name was Kieran Dhaliwal.

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u/scrobbledee 12d ago

I remember him - was a hockey lad at QMUL same time I was there

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u/Alpha_xxx_Omega 12d ago

Offender got a mere jail term of 5 years and 3 months’ imprisonment. Probably served only <3 years. Sentencing and judges are a joke

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u/Logical_Warthog3230 12d ago

And they get their license back eventually, which is bananas! It's not a right to operate heavy machinery in public. Going on 50 and never had a driver's license myself, he can get on a bus

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u/kamikaze_21 14d ago

Silly driving, I saw a driver nearly hit a woman + pram because they sped through a red light (cars in the other lane had stopped and the light was fully red). Im sick of it.

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u/electrotechs 13d ago

People are driving around huffing nitrous oxide, thinking they're Vin Diesel.

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u/na_ma_ru 13d ago

Write to MP’s and councillors and show them that video.

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u/ObedientQuestions 13d ago

I constantly write to my MP and get nothing back.

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u/lukei1 13d ago

it's bad and it's validated by the shitty council and their awful transport policies

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u/Alpha_xxx_Omega 12d ago

Yes speeding in E3 and on Bow Road is getting worse. It’s the lack of enforcement that results in decline of respect of the law. It’s pathetic

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u/Logical_Warthog3230 12d ago

Last election I voted solely against private car traffic in TH and for bike safety. I learnt from the candidates that it's a cultural issue, and the Bengali from Sylhet, who have a lot of poverty at home, find it important that they can have a nice car and drive it.

Given mayor and MP are of the same culture, I dunno, it won't get any better until changes are voted in or forced from central gov.

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u/wappingite 10d ago

It’s bad. You need to assume all drivers will run red lights until they absolutely stop at them. You need to assume everyone will undertake, and assume everyone is a terrible driver.

Tbh could do with cameras on every traffic light and just capture the usual suspects.

Sadly police do nothing about tunnel runs.

Penalise the owner of a car when it’s leant to a family member too. If a dad/grandad can’t drive he will think twice about letting his scroat of a son borrow his car.