An Edenvale resident has called on motorists to refrain from speeding on residential roads.
On July 11 Edenvale home owner Mr Jaun Mulder received a phone call from his security provider telling him that someone had driven through a wall of his property on the corner of Second Street and Twelfth Avenue.
Mr Mulder, who has been living at the property for two years, said the July 11 collision has been the second one this year involving his wall.
The first one was an accident whereby a taxi and another vehicle collided resulting in the death of a school child.
Mr Mulder said he was at home when the previous accident happened.
“When I heard it, it sounded like a gunfight, I had no clue what was happening, when people were slamming their doors it sounded like gunshots,” said Mr Mulder.
“I know of one that happened some months ago at MW De Wet where a speedster came from the top and knocked a woman in a Fortuner, which then rolled,” said Mr Mulder.
“In the July 11 incident a driver involved was crossing Twelfth Avenue from Second Street coming from Horwood Street. They told me that they had pulled too far forward and were hit by the car coming down Second Street,” said Mr Mulder.
“I feel that sometimes people take a chance or skip stop streets,” he said.
“A whole lot of the people living in that street have called for speed humps and speed traps to be set up,” said Mr Mulder.
“One car landed on the pavement across the road from my house, near a pre-school.”
Mr Mulder said if there had been children there, they could have been injured.
“I have seen cars and bikes speeding down and doing doughnuts on this section of road. If there are speed traps or if one of the lanes were to be used for oncoming traffic, maybe people would be more careful,” said Mr Mulder.
“A three-lane road subconsciously makes you think that you are on a highway and being on a downhill just adds to the need for speed,” said Mr Mulder.
He said drivers take part in drag races on the section of road.
Mr Mulder said the accident had disrupted his daily life. “The speeding vehicles endanger lives,” said Mr Mulder.
