Could someone from Oxfordshire County Council tell me why several thousand pounds have been spent putting chicanes in Cuddesdon Road, Horspath, when far from slowing traffic, they have made matters worse?

At peak times, it is a game of chicken to see who gives way first.

They have never been maintained and are overgrown to the extent that cyclists cannot use the cycle path on the inside and have to go out into the traffic to get past.

The council can waste money on things like this, but it can't be bothered with road safety measures that are needed, as we have seen during the last few weeks. Will they never learn? Keith Brooks, Gateley, Horspath, Oxford