I sympathise totally Plums. Our road is similar in that it's almost single track but a rat run - city workers far too intent on getting to work, or back home, that they won't apply the brakes at all. Neds who use this as a speedway track at night. White van delivery drivers go extremely fast, often using their mobile phones as they negotiate the blind summit-on-a-bend outside our house. We have had lots - yes lots - of cars through our gates and fences, which is always work and expense. We also once had a teacher who drove straight into the front of the school bus (maybe she had issues
). We have had three dead cats, a squashed chicken and this year several baby birds killed, and crossing to our fields on the other side of the road means risking our lives every time. We have also had a driver spread out over the road with a fractured femur, cars upside down with screaming drivers inside - all in all it can be a stressful place to live. We dread that squeal of brakes followed by a huge thump. The police claim to be interested but in fact do nothing. One or two drivers have gone to court if two vehicles have been involved, but the system seems to be fairly ineffectual. It's probably the usual thing of numbers, in that they might do more in town because more people are put at risk. We have been told that this is nominally a 60mph road so there's 'nothing they can do'. This seems to be a nationwide problem which needs dealing with centrally. We have sometimes parked a tractor in such a way that cars can only get past if they squeeze by slowly and that does have an effect, but obviously we can't leave it there permanently. Even drivers who have actually crashed here can be seen just a couple of weeks later speeding along cheerfully, obviously with no lesson learnt.
So good luck with your protest, and a big hug to the little boy whose cat was killed - that is so sad.