Went down to rubberneck this particular incident as it was so loud, I knew that something serious had happened (I was in my flat, listening to loud music on headphones. so to hear anything above that at 1am is quite disturbing) - I heard what sounded like extreme racing sounds…

Chloë Lenton There is an epidemic of awful driving currently Chloe. YWR seems to attract them. I’m pleased at least the police turned up and hope no one was hurt.

Izzy Knowles 🔶🇬🇧🇪🇺 🌎🕊️ Chloë Lenton Might I suggest that narrowing YWR by adding a protected cycle lane would reduce 'normal' speeding?

And a couple of raised zebra crossings (at Moseley Bog and Covered Wagon) would help reduce racing speeding.

Paul Manzotti mastodonapp.uk/@manzo Chloë Lenton I’d love to do that if we could find the money. Have been lobbying for two years for a pedestrian crossing to be included in Tranche2 of LTN.

Izzy Knowles 🔶🇬🇧🇪🇺 🌎🕊️ Paul Manzotti mastodonapp.uk/@manzo Chloë Lenton And in the last 5 minutes I’ve witnessed yet more shocking speeding and overtaking on the road. Drivers just act with impunity whilst we’re abandoned by indifferent Police and Council.

Rob Kewley Paul Manzotti mastodonapp.uk/@manzo Chloë Lenton I’d like to hope they aren’t indifferent Rob even though it feels that way. It’s the reactive prioritising of resources that needs to be challenged. If every speeding incident resulted in a log or a crime it would change the whole situation.

Izzy Knowles 🔶🇬🇧🇪🇺 🌎 Paul Manzotti mastodonapp.uk/@manzo Chloë Lenton I’m encouraging people to do that but it’s hugely laborious and time consuming. Not how I want to spend an evening after a full, pressured day at work. And frankly, I’ve invested so many hours trying to get Police and the Council to listen it’s impacting my mental health.

Rob Kewley Paul Manzotti mastodonapp.uk/@manzo Chloë Lenton I totally understand. Last thing I want is for you to be spending all your time on live chat. To make a real difference it would need 1000s of reports across the force area. I was trying to explain how they prioritise patrol strategies, operations etc.

Izzy Knowles 🔶🇬🇧🇪🇺 🌎🕊️ Rob Kewley Paul Manzotti mastodonapp.uk/@manzo I think I need to take up reporting people committing traffic offences as a new hobby (would probably do me good as I’d spend less time on Twitter 🙃.) Izzy, do you know how I could do this as a pedestrian? What is the camera that cyclists wear? I think my expertise could be…

Chloë Lenton Izzy Knowles 🔶🇬🇧🇪🇺 🌎🕊️ Paul Manzotti mastodonapp.uk/@manzo You can submit footage from your phone via this: nextbase.co.uk/national-dash-…

Chloë Lenton Izzy Knowles 🔶🇬🇧🇪🇺 🌎🕊️ Paul Manzotti mastodonapp.uk/@manzo More advice here: betterstreetsforbirmingham.org/third-party-re…