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Forget the 393, the speed bumps cause the vibrations
• I WAS astonished at Dawn Gibson’s letter (House shaken by the 393, April 9).
This bus passes my property on two sides, and we have never been troubled either by noise or vibration. The reason is simple, we have neither speed-bumps nor islands in the middle of the road.
The residents of the western parts of Leighton Road have only themselves to blame for insisting on their installation.
It seems that they are ignoring (or ignorant of) the research done a few years ago (and published in The Times) which concluded that severe vibration is caused by speed-bumps, resulting in structural damage to houses in the vicinity. The islands are unnecessary.
I am a pensioner and have never had any difficulty in crossing the road even before the islands were installed, and never need to use them now, and cause the bus to swerve crazily from side to side and take longer to get through.
It is interesting to note that this campaign is only against the bus, as if there were no huge builders’ lorries being flung into the air by the speed-bumps and landing with a resounding crash. Will those people only be satisfied when their section of the road is pedestrianised with gates at either end? One is reminded of those who buy houses cheaply under a flightpath and then campaign against the airport. They should try living on the 390 route, which runs all night and is served by deafeningly noisy double-deckers.
TIMOTHY WARRINER
Leighton Road, NW5
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