Playing chicken with trucks

MY HUSBAND and I were visiting elderly friends in Toodyay recently when a huge semi-trailer truck roared past our cafe table, seemingly only inches from my elbow though in fact it was a couple of metres away – still way too close for comfort.

The noise was deafening, and heaven help anyone who may have stepped into its path to cross the road from behind the umbrellas and parked cars.

What’s going on?

My friend said she read in The Toodyay Herald that land has already been bought for a new truck bypass behind the school but the plan was scrapped because people in another part of the shire didn’t want it.

Where does that leave elderly Butterly Cottages residents who have to risk their lives to go shopping in gophers, not to mention children walking to school?

Surely road safety must be the priority.

It is upsetting to think that old folk, children and mums pushing prams have to play chicken with huge trucks every day, right in the centre of your lovely town.

Chris Wilson
Armadale