We are concerned at the number of reports we are getting about people driving their cars the wrong way in New High Street. This has caused near misses with some of our elderly and more vulnerable folk.

We have asked the County Council to check the signage but this cannot be improved any further.

We have asked the police for advice. They say:

[We] cannot be on the spot in case someone breaks the law.

With the many like restrictions throughout the County we cannot possibly target everyone. Signed only restrictions such as these are a nightmare, and with limited resources and ever increasing demand placed on our staff it is true we cannot police them all effectively .

I am sure if patrolling officers witness contraventions  they would take the necessary enforcement action .

Any permanent solution to this problem has to be through engineering but I accept that may not be possible .

There are insufficient resources at the County Council to pay for any new buildout work, so the only thing we can all do to stop this is to report careless drivers to our local police and spread the word to drivers in the area to behave with greater consideration for others. We shall contact the taxi and minicab firms with this advice too.