There have been 28 serious crashes in the last 10 years on that road, 10 of them involving pedestrians and cyclists. This road has got a number of dangerous areas. There are three major schools on this road, Takapuna Grammar, Belmont Intermediate, Belmont Primary. This affects the families of all the people who live in this part of the Shore, whether it's getting your kids to school, whether it's driving to or from work—people are spending more time in this traffic and less time on the things that really matter. 