Station Highway and Harrison Method nightmare junction (Picture: SWNS)
Dozens of motorists have discovered their vehicles caught within the bus lane regardless of indicators warning them to not enter it.
The entice is situated on the junction of Station Highway and Harrison Method in St Ives, Cambs and is designed to stop automobiles driving onto the busway.
The pit within the street is vast sufficient that small automobiles fall into it however sufficiently small that larger-diameter-wheeled automobiles, equivalent to buses, could go.
However some locals at the moment are complaining that the entice is a hazard with as much as 5 motorists getting caught each week.
The daughter of a motorist lately caught within the entice, who needs to stay nameless, says the incident has left each her dad and mom “shaken and traumatised”.
Their automobile was severely broken within the drop, and they’re discovering out whether it is repairable or a write off.
She claims her father was considered one of 5 drivers who ended up within the entice final week.
He’s in his 80s, however she insists he’s a reliable driver who misunderstood the exit indicators main out of a carpark
She mentioned: “He by some means ended up again in the identical automobile park once more.
“He mentioned the signage was poor and if he exited the identical means, he’d find yourself doing the identical factor.
“So he went a unique means and ended up within the automobile entice.
“We all know of somebody of their 20s who has additionally gone into the entice – you possibly can’t argue that is due to my father’s age.
“Contemplating the variety of incidents, there should be one other option to handle the junction that does not trigger this a lot injury to automobiles.”
Philippa Parker drove into the entice which, she claims, was stuffed with weeds final summer time and complained to the council.
She additionally argues poor signposting main as much as the entice is what led to the incident.
Philippa, from Wiltshire, mentioned: “The indicators had been completely insufficient.
“Motorists had been driving as much as the junction whereas we had been ready for the restoration.
“If we weren’t there, they might’ve made the identical mistake.
“The abuse and terrible language folks had been shouting as they handed us was additionally stunning.
“It left us with a really dangerous impression of St Ives afterwards.”
Nevertheless, Cambridgeshire County Council mentioned final month it is just conscious of 60 incidents of automobiles caught within the entice because it opened 12 years in the past.
It additionally says the warnings, equivalent to signage, at the moment in place are enough.
Cllr Kevin Reynolds from Cambridgeshire County Council has admitted he has little sympathy for the drivers who get caught.
He mentioned: “If folks driving alongside that street can’t see an enormous gap within the floor in entrance of them then I’d argue they wouldn’t be capable of see a small little one.
“I’d query whether or not they need to be behind the wheel in any respect…”
