Out of trim in North Stifford (From Thurrock Gazette)

Out of trim in North Stifford

11:54am Friday 25th April 2008

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I DO not like to open old wounds, but I cannot hold back my anger any longer.

I live in the High road of North Stifford village. Myself, along with other fellow villagers have taken to much criticism of late regarding the traffic calming measures introduced by our duly elected council.

Recently I was following one of those 4x4 Vehicles by the width restriction from the village. The driver misjudged the size of his car and hit the raised kerb.

This caused one of his wheel trims to come off, and also a section of the exhaust pipe fell off.

Both these items were in the middle of the road.

The driver stopped, got out of his car, looked at the pieces of debris in the road, and after muttering something unrepeatable, drove off.

This made me very cross indeed because it was left to me (a villager!) to get out of my car in the pouring rain and clear up this gentleman's mess.

Perhaps the moral of this story is that anyone driving an overly large car should think twice before entering our village and possibly damaging their vehicle and our peaceful environment.

Mary Collier MD (Retired),

High Road, North Stifford.

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