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Jeanette Haymans said she doesn’t mind the steadilyincreasing amount of traffic that passes daily in front of her homeon Clarktown Road.
It’s way some motorists drive that worries her.
"It’s the speeding, the speeding, the speeding,"she said. "It’s nothing in the world but speed."
Haymans, who has lived on the road for 49 years, said she has hadher share of troubles from drivers who go too fast and lose controlon the 35 mph road, tearing up property belonging to her and others- like the bent chain link fence at a neighboring home which washit about two weeks ago, she said.
"They got that about a week before they took out mymailbox," Haymans said. "They still can’t getnobody to come out and get them an appraisal."
The chain link fence encircling her two-acre yard has had to bereplaced several times since the road was paved in 1995. Hermailbox has also seen misfortune.
"Part of the fence has been taken out five different times andthe mailbox six times," she said.
The most recent incident occurred June 24, when her mailbox wasagain demolished by a passing driver. Haymans replaced the mailboxusing what appears to be a 6 by 6 piece of timber as a post.
"I’d like to get a telephone pole to put up there,"she said, "and see if that stops them."
But it isn’t just concern over her property that worriesHaymans, who worked as a lunchroom manager for Bryan County schoolsfor 16 years before retiring in 2000 to take care of her husband,Robert. A Bryan County native who was born on what is now FortStewart, Robert Haymans, 85, is wheelchair bound while recoveringfrom a broken leg.
"I fear for his safety as speeders go by here," she said."He could be sitting out here in the driveway when one of themcome through here and takes out the gate and fence like they didbefore and take him with it. He could be killed sitting here in ourdriveway."
Haymans said she’s complained to the Bryan CountySheriff’s Office but is unhappy with the response - but noteda new 35 mph speed limit sign was recently put up nearby and lastweek BCSO ran a road check near the railroad crossing not far fromher home.
During the hour-long check eputies reportedly nabbed four driversfor suspended licenses and issued two tickets for seat beltviolations.
BCSO Traffic Unit Commander Lt. David Blige said he was unaware ofHaymans’s complaint, but said she and residents on both endsof the county should expect more law enforcement presence in thefuture.
"We’re going to be monitoring areas on both the Southand North end of Bryan County," Blige said. "We’regoing to be working it and working it hard."
Haymans, meanwhile, said she has no problems with motorists whodrive on Clarktown Road.
"I don’t care if they come through here," she said."I just want them to slow down like they should."