Kommetjie Road, Fish Hoek – call to action *petition*

Dear Residents/NGOs/NPOs/Community groups/Churches/Taxi drivers/Business people etc.

Our community has been shocked and shattered once more by the death of another innocent victim on Kommetjie Road in Fish Hoek. Over the years this notoriously dangerous road has been the subject of actions, meetings and letters to the media. Measures have been taken, but tragic accidents are still occurring. We realise that it is driver behaviour and attitude that needs to change. Even so, we are driven to use whatever means we can to make this road safe for motorists, pedestrians and the residents living in its vicinity.

We have a website, we have passion and we have a voice. We have set up a petition calling those who have political and civic clout to do what they can to prevent further human suffering and financial loss through accidents on Kommetjie Road:
http://www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/scenicsouth

We  realise that the issue is complex, that the City’s funds are limited, that there are many urgent projects in dire need of financing, that the traffic department is understaffed and underpaid… so we are calling on you to to do what you can do within your sphere. In the words of Theodore Roosevelt:

“Do what you can with what you have where you are”.

We have a website, we have passion and we have a voice. We have set up a petition calling those who have political and civic clout to do what they can to prevent further human suffering and financial loss through accidents on Kommetjie Road and we ask you to add your voices to ours. Please sign the petition, the link of which is below, and, if you have been involved in an accident or a near-miss/hit  on Kommetjie Rd, please note down the details as we wish to give as much evidence to the authorities as we can of the severity of the problem. The signing will take less than a minute of your time, but in the long run could add years to the life of someone else.

The link is
http://www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/scenicsouth

Please send it on to all in your network of friends and contacts. Twitter it, Facebook it – get it out there! For those not on the internet, letters of support or petition, of constructive ideas re resolving the problem and of information regarding accidents can be dropped into the postboxes at Fish Hoek Veterinary Clinic on Kommetjie Rd or at 93 Kommetjie Rd.

For more see our forum  http://www.scenicsouth.co.za/forum-2/#/news/

and

http://www.scenicsouth.co.za/2011/06/kommetjie-road-fish-hoek-a-deathtrap-sign-our-online-petition/

“Though the way is full of perils, and the goal far out of sight, there is no road to which there is no end: do not despair.” (Author unknown)