I read with interest your article about road humps and tyres recently. I live in the lovely village of Ickleford and Hertfordshire Highways are about to install 11 road humps over less than a 1-mile stretch of road in the name of safety even though actual injury accident rates are incredibly low (1 in 2009, 8 in the last 3 years). All these incidents were slight injury crashes with the exception of one where an 81 year old crashed his car into parked vehicles and was not wearing a seat belt. We believe this "solution" is completely unnecessary and will actually make Ickleford more dangerous. We have setup a comprehensive website at www.mostsimply.com where locals have signed petitions and in just a few weeks have gained over 500 supporters. If possible, we would be very grateful if you could have a look at our website as we value your opinion and advice. We have publicised it very well in the village, but with over 50,000 vehicles through the village every week, this decision impacts massively on the wider community.