I WOULD like to thank councillor David Wilde and the Evening Press for drawing attention to the perilous dangers and environmental degradation caused by speeding traffic on Hull Road.

In a debate in your News Analysis pages (Is it time to install the cameras? July 26), both parties showed real concern and intelligent analysis of a problem that is yet to receive an adequate reply by the relevant authorities.

I have been in Reading for a few days. Driving in and around that town I did not notice any Heavy Goods Vehicles clattering along residential roads at over 50 mph, but I did notice a lot of speed cameras. You are also struck by how much quieter the suburbs of Reading are as you do not get cars doing motorway speeds as they do in York.

According to a website I looked at, there are at least 50 speed cameras in Reading, yet apparently it is far too much trouble and expense to have even one in York.

I have talked to many neighbours about this problem and all agree that what measures the police have taken have been ineffective. Some were negative if not defeatist about the prospect of any action being taken as a result of our petition.

Up to now the response of road policing inspector Chris Charlton will not have disappointed the cynics. However, for my part I continue to have faith in the police and the council and I'm quite sure that after exhausting every other possibility they will eventually decide that the people have endured enough and will provide for the enhancement of road safety and the environment of this fair city, which is after all the will of the people.

K. Anderson,

Hull Road, York.

Updated: 10:56 Thursday, August 11, 2005