The quiet was short-lived

Date: 20 March 2026

By 08:40 on Friday, 20 March 2026, I had already counted six passes by Checkers Sixty60 delivery bikes using this route again.

After the quieter spell earlier this week, that felt like a punch in the stomach. It is hard not to read it as a sign that the relief was short-lived and that the problem is starting to build again.

Why this matters

This is not a small annoyance. When the noise returns this quickly, the anxiety returns with it. I start listening for the next engine, waiting for the next pass, and feeling that same loss of peace inside my own home.

That is why I reject the idea that this is just ordinary traffic. This is a repeated disruption caused by a delivery model that is being pushed through a residential street, early in the day, with real consequences for the people living here.

The underlying problem remains

The earlier quiet period now looks less like progress and more like a brief interruption. I still have no clear reason for the change, no transparent communication from Checkers Sixty60, and no evidence that any real mitigation has been put in place.

Much of the worst noise on this route continues to come from BigBoy Velocity 150 motorbikes, which I regard as completely unsuitable for high-frequency residential shortcut use.

The ask is unchanged

I am still asking for the same practical response: quieter vehicles, better routing, and complaint handling that treats residential wellbeing with basic seriousness and respect.

There is something deeply wrong about a corporation being able to affect people’s mental wellbeing in their own homes like this and then carry on as if nothing is wrong. From where I stand, that shows a shocking lack of respect for the residents who have to live with these bikes.