VILLAGERS are still living in fear as drivers continue to speed through Carharrack despite £10,000 worth of traffic calming measures.

The parish council is appealing to all concerned that more needs to be done to slow cars down as villagers continue to come to meetings with tales of near misses.

Tony Reynolds, Carharrack council's clerk, has written a letter to the police, Peter Stethridge, chief executive of Cornwall county council, MP for the area Candy Atherton, and county councillor Mark Kaczmarek.

In the letter Mr Reynolds says: "Figures clearly show that Carharrack's traffic problem is probably the worst in the country and thus worthy of greater efforts to bring under control.

"Mercifully there have been no serious accidents despite the high speeds but this could quite easily change," he writes.

The village is set to get a speed visor sign, which flashes if people are driving faster than the 30mph limit but does not record speeds to issue tickets.

Commenting on the matter, Mr Kaczmarek said: "It is a village under siege and it is not just the speeds - it is how people are driving."

He said figures show that because of United Downs tip an extra 500 vehicles a day pass through the village - on top of those using the B3298 to get to and from the A30.

"It is all you can do to try and highlight the problem and get something there to protect the villagers," said Mr Kaczmarek.

As well as further traffic calming measures, parish councillors are also calling for PC Jo Bonney, the village's neighbourhood beat manager, to be trained to use a speed gun so fines can be issued to those going too fast.

The parish council also wants speeders to be named and shamed in the local press as a further discouragement to driving too fast.