A resident has branded food delivery drivers an “absolute menace” for using scooters on a pedestrianised area. The resident, who wishes to remain anonymous, said his “blood is boiling” after several near-misses with Deliveroo drivers “speeding” through the pedestrian area outside the Prince Regent Swimming Complex on Church Street in Brighton . The Deliveroo drivers are collecting orders from nearby Pizza Express.
The resident takes his young daughter to the swimming club twice a week and has been clipped by mopeds seven times this year alone, as well as experiencing “regular near misses”, he said. The resident’s Freedom of Information requests to Sussex Police and Brighton and Hove City Council, asking what action they were undertaking to tackle the issue, were denied. He has also reported the registrations of drivers via the police portal but received no feedback.
He said: “I’m so angry nothing is being done. It’s actually affecting my mental health because it’s making me so angry. They are an absolute menace in the town.
“I have spent 20 hours on this so far because I won’t back down and I’m willing to fight. Most people don’t have the time and are scared about retaliation from the drivers.” The resident has spoken to traffic wardens who say they have received many complaints and Freedom Leisure, the company which runs Prince Regent Swimming Complex, recently installed new CCTV cameras, after receiving a high number of complaints.
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