FURTHER to my letter of January 13, I have more thoughts on the grim subject of speed humps, especially where they are put on roads where no one speeds, or on roads which carry a lot of commercial traffic, including buses.

I have asked more bus drivers, and a couple of friends, their opinions, and they hate them and some do complain of back pain brought on by bumping over the humps. I wonder if the Health and Safety people have investigated speed humps?

If 500 people were consulted in the Hulton Lane area, how many were car owners and how many not? I simply cannot see any owners agreeing to having their cars wrecked by having to go over humps every journey, every day.

I don't know if households were consulted about the Church Road plan -- I do know some who weren't, but, if they were, how many were "positive"? What about Adrian Road and Bennetts Lane -- main through roads for the emergency services but where very few vehicles speed and very little happens? Blake Street is so short you can hardly get past second gear. Why bother?

I foresee a rise in taxi fares due to increased maintenance costs, and journeys taking longer, and perhaps a rise in bus fares or even a curtailment of services because of drivers becoming totally fed up of bumping up and down -- this has already happened in Burnley, I believe.

Councillor Harkin says that 60 of his fellow councillors are in favour of this crackpot policy -- is there no such thing as opposition in our council? Are they all determined to send council-owned vehicles over all these humps?

I can also foresee a drop in house prices. Would you buy a house which is totally surrounded with speed humps? No, neither would I.

R Taylor

Church Road, Bolton