This week there have been two instances in Palmers Green of cars mounting the pavement and causing damage. Fortunately, it seems that in neither case were there any injuries to people walking along the pavement - but if there had been, they would probably have been killed or seriously injured.
The first incident happened in Fox Lane on Sunday evening. After hitting and wrecking a parked car, the car that was out of control ended up damaging railings adjacent to the railway bridge. Given the high speeds that are common on Fox Lane, despite its 30mph limit, it is inevitable that crashes like this will occur from time to time - unless strong measures are taken to enforce speed limits.
The second happened this morning (Wednesday) at Palmers Green Triangle at a location where pavements are often crowded and bus queues form. A car crashed backwards through the bus shelter outside the Wishing Well in Aldermans Hill and also damaged the front wall of the pub.
Like Fox Lane, Aldermans Hill is plagued with with irresponsible speeding drivers and there have been multiple "accidents" involving cars mounting pavements.
The monthly police crime statistics always include "motor vehicle crime", but this refers to thefts from or of vehicles. The far more serious crime of speeding and other dangerous driving doesn't even merit inclusion in the police priorities list - I think it's time it did.
Photo sourced from MPS Enfield Twitter feed
Amended at 22:00 hours on 17 May: Change of photograph, revised description of Triangle crash.
