"Someone is going to end up with a car in their bedroom".
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Allenby Road resident Tony Rhead is urging authorities to consider speed deterrents on the road to slow drivers down, specifically through the three-way intersection at the northern end of the Orange street.
Mr Rhead questioned whether the signage currently in place is adequate to keep motorists at an appropriate speed through what can become a tight junction at times, particularly considering there are families living in the street.
If drivers ... don't drop anchors quickly enough, there isn't really anywhere to go except into a parked car.
- Allenby Road resident Tony Rhead
"People don't seem to be heeding that 50 kilometres an hour speed limit and it can be quite dangerous, drivers fly through here at what must be 60 or 70 all the time," he said, highlighting what he says has long-been an issue on the street.
"I think speed bumps or some kind of deterrent on the road should be seriously considered.
"The street can get tight, particularly at the northern end if you're travelling towards Bathurst Road. There may be an assumption if you're going that way you can't build up much speed between Icely Road and that intersection.
"If you put the foot down you could though and if drivers don't realise how tight the bend is and don't drop anchors quickly enough, there isn't really anywhere to go except into a parked car."
Although it remained unconfirmed if speed was a decisive factor, Mr Rhead's comments came after a car crashed into a parked vehicle on the road at about 3am last Thursday morning and flipped onto its roof as a result of the impact.
There were no injuries from the accident however the parked vehicle that was hit sustained significant damage and was propelled forward 'across a driveway' as a result of the impact, hitting another stationary vehicle as a result.
Police said an unaccompanied learner driver, a 23-year-old male, was subjected to an initial breath analysis test following the accident which returned a positive, mid-range reading.
"We heard a huge bang and went out to see what had happened, as did other people, and the first thought of everyone in the area was to make sure no one was trapped in the car. That wasn't the case, and obviously we're all relieved no one was injured," he explained.
"But it did make me wonder what kind of speed the driver was going and it's not the first time something like that has happened on this stretch of road.
"About 10 or so years ago I remember watching a car fly around there and end up in the front yard of a house a couple of doors up from the church. It was quite surreal and that was at about 8am, so it had nothing to do with darkness.
"As I said, I think they need to consider some kind of deterrent or someone is going to end up with a car in their bedroom"
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