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Stop these hoons By ANEEKA SIMONIS A SHAKEN mum is demanding speed bumps be installed on a Lakeside road after a speeding hoon almost hit her and her five year-old son last week. Suzie Barata, who lives off Clearwater Drive in Lakeside, said she and her son Zavier were walking across the road to a nearby park when a “distracted” driver estimated to be travelling twice the speed limit nearly hit them on Saturday 17 January. “My son and I were walking across the road and I saw the driver wasn’t slowing down. I pushed my son out of the way to get him off the road,” Suzie recalled. “I was shaking and the (driver) just seemed to be in her own little bubble.” The mum of two claimed the woman, who was driving a grey Ford sedan, was driving around 80km/h, double the 40km/h speed limit, which could have seriously injured her and her fiveyear-old son. “I was scared,” Zavier said. Clearwater Drive resident Maryse Williams has lived in the area for seven years and said the
problem was only getting worse. “It’s an accident waiting to happen. I hear mothers screaming all the time - you think it’s because their child is misbehaving but they’re trying to put one in a car seat while the other is out near the road when a car flies by,” she said. “They fly. They do 80km/h or more easily. When I back out, I have to come to a complete stop because they come out of nowhere,” said the grandmother who was extra cautious over the Christmas period when her grandchildren came over. Donna Langley, who is visiting family from her home in New Zealand, said she was shocked to see the speed at which some drivers travelled along the residential roads. Cardinia Shire Council Senior Traffic Engineer Nicholas Charrett said council had not received any speed complaints or traffic management device requests concerning Clearwater Drive in the past eight years. “Council currently has no traCouncil has urged residents with traffic concerns to contact council on 1300 787 624.
Cardinia Shire mayor Leticia Wilmot alongside Jarod Mills from club sponsor Parklea Developments are both raring for the Tigers to touch down in Pakenham. 133291 Picture: STEWART CHAMBERS
We’ve got Tigers by the tail By ANEEKA SIMONIS
Five-year-old Zavier and his mum Suzie Barata were on their way to the park metres from their home when they were almost hit by a speeding car.
CARDINIA Shire Mayor Leticia Wilmot was spotted shaking a Tigers jersey at Toomuc Recreation Reserve earlier this week in anticipation of Richmond Football Club’s upcoming arrival. The Tigers will return to the shire for
their third consecutive public training session from 4pm on Friday 23 January, ahead of the Australia Day long weekend. “It will be fantastic to be able to welcome the Richmond Football Club into Cardinia Shire again. I encourage everyone to come down to the ground, with
friends and family, to support the players and take part in the footy clinic and other free activities,” she said. As well as taking part in the playerled footy clinic, fans will get the opportunity to get up close and personal with the Tigers during an autograph session.
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