REGARDING the road bumps, etc in Hyndburn (LET, July 10), the Council may give themselves pats on the back for all the road obstructions they have erected.

But if there is 30 per cent less traffic using Hyndburn for shopping because of them, I would expect a 30 per cent reduction in accidents and a 30 per cent drop in takings from customers in the shops and more empty shops.

I care about my car too much to drive to Accrington from Oswaldtwistle and now do my shopping in Blackburn, Burnley, etc.

The only time I feel rage is when I have to drive over the road bumps, so I now avoid them. Quite a lot of my friends do the same.

G RAMSBOTTOM, Yew Tree Drive, Oswaldtwistle.

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