The written assurance was clear. The result shows it was false.
- On 3 July 2026, Checkers Sixty60 said riders had been blocked from using the affected street as a shortcut unless delivering there.
- The next 14 trusted recording days averaged 137 camera-proven and ≈202 estimated passes per day—slightly more than before the promise.
- Residents still witness through-trips. A later reply cited roads that are unrelated to the monitored shortcut.
- Residents report no meaningful improvement from the claimed exhaust inserts, with delivery-bike noise still heard at approximately 20:10 on the evening prompting this update.
Date: 31 July 2026
Scope note: this article records the written assurance, measured result and direct resident observations. It does not identify individual employees, reproduce private correspondence or reveal the location.
Checkers told me in writing that our residential street had been blocked as a shortcut unless a rider was delivering there. That did not happen in any way residents could see, hear or measure.
I have supplied route maps, explained the problem repeatedly and provided objective data. I still see Sixty60 riders travelling through the street instead of remaining on the nearby main roads.
The assurance was false in practice. At this point, I believe Checkers lied to me about stopping the shortcut use.
The data shows no route change
Across the 14 trusted recording days before the 3 July promise, the detector averaged 131 camera-proven passes per day, or approximately 193 estimated full-window passes.
Across the next 14 trusted days, it averaged 137 camera-proven passes per day, or approximately 202 estimated full-window passes.
That is a slight increase, not a reduction. The figures do not prove the destination of every rider, but they show that the claimed restriction produced no measurable change at the monitored point. Shortcut use is also based on repeated direct observation.
Estimated figures are modelled and shown beside their camera-proven floors using the method published in the seven-week evidence record. The daily record is available on the evidence dashboard.
The follow-up made the contradiction worse
After I sent Checkers the evidence showing that nothing had changed, the person handling the correspondence was away. Another representative—already copied into the email chain—maintained that the intervention had been carried out, but cited other roads as the reason riders still needed to use our street.
Those roads are not close to the monitored shortcut and do not explain it. After months of emails and mapped alternatives, the reply suggests that Checkers still does not understand the location of the complaint.
I cannot see inside Checkers' systems or know where the false information originated. I can compare what I was told with the traffic outside my home. The two do not match.
The exhaust claim has not produced relief either
Checkers also said exhaust inserts had been fitted and should make a difference. Residents report that the bikes still sound materially the same. No list of modified motorcycles, implementation record or before-and-after noise evidence has been provided.
On the evening prompting this update, delivery-bike noise was still being heard at approximately 20:10. That is a direct resident observation; the camera-proven data uses the reliable 08:00 to 18:00 window.
If the inserts were fitted, Checkers should prove the result. If they failed, it should say so.
No more assurances without proof
Checkers should now provide:
- The instruction that supposedly blocked the street and the date it was implemented.
- Route records separating genuine local deliveries from through-trips.
- A map-based explanation of why the roads cited in the latest reply are relevant.
- Before-and-after evidence for the claimed exhaust modifications.
- One accountable person who understands the location and has authority to act.
If Checkers cannot substantiate its statement, it should retract it and explain why residents were told something that did not happen.
We do not need another promise. We need the unnecessary passes to stop.