Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Tragic accident. RIP Blossom
Our family pet Blossom, a delightful Cockapoo, chased a squirrel out of Downhills Park last Friday straight onto a busy road and was killed instantly.
Cars drive too fast and there are no effective barriers to reduce the chance of tragic accidents involving children and animals. What's to be done?
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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The technology is there to stop this, the government are too scared to use it. Just look at how insurance companies use black boxes to monitor young people's driving.
Very sad. :(
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Permalink Reply by tulips on
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Kieran I'm so sorry to hear that this has happened to beautiful little Blossom. My deepest sympathy to you and your family.
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Permalink Reply by Emma on
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Really sorry for your loss, such a huge loss to lose a pet, particularly to an accident.
I agree. Something's needs to be done about speeding in the area. Some drives seem to think that one ways streets and long roads means that can use it as a race track.
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Permalink Reply by KP on
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Ah that is terrible. Something does need to be done about the drivers in the area. I regularly see red lights being ignored but no one seems to do anything about it!
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Permalink Reply by JulieB on
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I am so very sorry for the loss of your beautiful Blossom.
I agree the 20 mph should be enforced, far too many drivers speeding and driving aggressively.
I also agree that barriers are needed at these sort of locations to protect those on pavements. The council recently decided to remove some near me (corner of Black Boy Lane and Cranleigh Road), luckily my local ward Councillor and RA were alerted and we persuaded them that they were very much needed on a dangerous bend in the road.
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Permalink Reply by Antoinette on
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Railings aren't so great for bikes though. It was the railings outside Chestnuts Park that I was squashed against when the car swerved to avoid the dog. The biggest part of the claim was the replacement of those railings. I count myself lucky I wasn't seriously hurt.
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There's a trend throughout London to remove street furniture, including railings.
The general theory is that you want to get rid of the partitions between drivers and pedestrians so that the driver is less disconnected and more careful. Speeding is more likely when the road is surrounded by railings and it's the drivers' own fiefdom. On top of that it's better for pedestrians, with more options to cross the road rather than being funnelled into a pelican crossing.
The other side is that it's much safer for cyclists. There were a number of instances of cyclists being injured or worse because they were crushed against railings by a turning vehicle.
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Permalink Reply by Maddy on
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Very sad, so sorry - I lost my dog as a teenager in the same way and it's a shocking thing to happen.
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I notice nobody has laid the blame where it belongs, on that damned immigrant American grey squirrel. Are we afraid that Trump will drop a huge bomb on Downhills Park for our impertinence.
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Kieran, I'm also a Downhils dog walker and have probably met you & Blossom at some point. I'm so very sorry to read this about Blossom, it must be hugely upsetting to lose a loved member of your family in such shocking and traumatic circumstances. My sympathies to you & your family.
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