A pensioner has spent £8,000 on speed bumps to enforce his own 5mph limit on a stretch of road outside his home.
Adrian Kent said he was forced to try and tackle reckless drivers speeding down his road after his grandchildren became too scared to play outside.
Neighbours were also said to have been repeatedly hit by stones flicked up by fast-moving vehicles and a car window was allegedly smashed.
Lorries have even been spotted hurtling along the narrow private street in Whitstable, Kent.
So along with a neighbour, Mr Kent paid £8,000 for new speed bumps to be put along the 100-yard stretch of road.
The 65-year-old split the bill with another resident for tarmac and speed bumps to be laid on the previously dirt road, which homeowners are responsible for maintaining, rather than the local authority.
Mr Kent has also made the road narrower with planters, and for the last 18 months Kent County Council Highways, the fire service and police have raised no objections.
The planters have been a success, he said: "It's lovely and quiet now, but the amount of traffic coming down here was quite something before.
"I had the feeling people liked driving on the dirt road - especially the young guys.
"It has given us long-term stability over the road surface and it is safer."
One local resident praised Mr Kent for trying to make the area safer.
She said: "We live close-by and have witnessed, prior to these changes to the road layout, two or three occasions where delivery drivers have nearly hit the children from Swalecliffe Primary School as they walk home.
"The road was often used as a cut-through and was becoming more dangerous by the day.
"I can only thank the homeowners for making this safer for the children and other pedestrians at their own expense."
