A WORRIED mum fears someone will have to die on a Worcester estate before steps are taken to make drivers stick to the speed limit.

Sally Mills was satisfied when two 30mph signs were painted at each end of St Peter's Drive following lobbying by her son Oliver, then just 14.

But since the red thermoplastic signs were painted on the road by the county council's Transportation Partnership, she claimed only one in 10 drivers had taken any notice.

Oliver wrote to the council in desperation after months of dodging speeding drivers who regularly came close to knocking him off his bike.

His request for signs was granted, and they were painted on the road at the beginning of this month.

"Only one in 10 drivers are seeing Oliver's signs and taking notice of them," said 40-year-old Mrs Mills.

"There have got to be other ways of backing up the signs. People are still speeding and the traffic is still noisy.

"It's going to take a fatality before anything is done."

Target

Mrs Mills said new St Peter's beat manager PC Sharon Whitehouse had planned to target motorists with a speed gun after attending a special course.

"She would have used it on St Peter's Drive, but the course was cancelled," said Mrs Mills, of Raven Drive.

"She's now been taken away from the area and is working elsewhere for the time being.

"It only needs two uniformed officers with speed guns to stop drivers speeding.

"Word would get around that officers were targeting St Peter's Drive and drivers would take note.

"I would like to see traffic calming measures like speed cameras or lights or an island.

"Because there's been no fatalities, nothing's been done."

A spokeswoman for Worcester Police said as far as she was aware PC Whitehouse was still on duty in St Peter's.

"Two cables were recently put across St Peter's Drive for speed enforcement and the average speed was not breaking the limit," said Kim Stain.

"This does not warrant two police officers being taken off duty to stand there with speed guns."