All was quiet on Kennedy Street at Threeways on Tuesday morning, but afternoons and weekends are a different story according to residents, as children spill out of homes and into the park across the road.

The families live in constant fear someone will be wiped out by the vehicles continuing to blatantly ignore the street’s 50km/h speed limit.

“Every day without fail I will see people doing 80km/h down this street, if not 100km/h,” Charles Christian said.

His estimations don’t appear to be exaggerated, on Tuesday as the group sat in the park a number of vehicles sped past at high speed.

One only moments after an elderly woman had crossed the street with her walker.

But those vehicles are nothing compared to others the group said.

“We had one going so fast it lost control and ended up in the channel,” Jenny Goolagong said.

“People just seem to put their foot down as they come around the corner and past our homes.”

The group said they had asked both council and police to help them do something, with little success.

“If we could have a pedestrian crossing, or speed humps like they have put in McNabb crescent or even have them prune the trees back so people can see around the corner,” Matilda Charles said. 

“We just want people to treat it like they would any other street.”

Compounding the danger, at the end of the street lies a blind corner, obscured by shrubbery and hiding the vehicles as they approach.

It is a situation that has abruptly become too much for the residents who are desperate for some action to be taken to protect their loved ones.

“They will be picking them up in body bags otherwise,” Bev Penrith said with a shake of her head.

Council’s road safety officer Greg Balins said trimming foliage would not help the issue, citing engineering practices. 

“The clearer the path the more likely a driver will travel at a speed inappropriate for the environment,” he said.