Justice for Joan
the heartbroken husband of a gran killed by boy- racers is set to meet the transport Minister in a bid to get justice for his wife.
Father- of- three Colin Price has stepped up his campaign for speed cameras on the a77 after his wife Joan died in a horror smash caused by boy- racers Logan Knox and John gribben near the Holmston roundabout.
In an exclusive interview with the Post, Colin yesterday ( tuesday) said: “If there was another accident today, another next week and then the week after, something would be done immediately, but we’re trying to prevent that.”
The husband of a woman killed at the hands of boy racers has stepped up his campaign for speed cameras on the A77.
Father- of- three Colin Price, 57, renewed his call for a clampdown at the blackspot.
His trombonist wife Joan was travelling home to Troon from a band practice last January when drag racers Logan Knox and John Gribben caused a collision near the Holmston roundabout.
The pair had been racing each other when the crash happened.
Colin has now secured a meeting with transport minister Humza Yousaf to push for speed cameras along the stretch of road.
About 2500 people have backed the Joan’s Legacy campaign, run in association with radio station West FM, to push for more awareness to ensure “that it doesn’t happen again”.
Colin said: “It’s not going to bring Joan back but I don’t want others to go through what we’ve been through.
“The road is really unchanged since the accident. Nothing’s been done about it.
“If there was another accident today, another next week and then the week after something would be done immediately but we’re trying to prevent that.
“We don’t want an accident to happen.
“You always hear about health and safety and preventing things rather than waiting until it happens.
“We want something done here before it happens again.
“I want to make the transport minister aware of how many folk are backing this.”
Self- employed Colin has receive much support from residents and also MSP Brian Whittle.
There are no speed detectors on the 2.7- mile stretch of road and Colin said: “I’m not sure why they missed that part out.
“Maybe they just thought cars would be stopping at the roundabout and that would slow down the average.
“The judge at the first trial said that she couldn’t understand why there were so many cameras before and after it but on this stretch there wasn’t.
“And she assumed something would now be done about it - which obviously there isn’t.
Brian Whittle said: “Joan’s accident wasn’t the first fatality involving boy racers on this stretch and I believe closing this camera gap is vital for the safety of this stretch of road.
“The vast majority of drivers using this road drive safely and within the speed limit but having cameras in place acts as a reminder to them and a warning to that small group who choose to ignore speed limits, putting themselves and others in danger.
“I’ve had various discussions with the transport minister about improving the A77 and recently wrote to him specifically about the need for cameras on this stretch.”
Colin, who hopes to arrange a public meeting, insists Joan’s death must not be in vain.
He said: “There is still dangerous driving going on but the police have only got so many resources so they can’t be there all the time.”
Gribben had been refused permission to appeal against his sixyear sentence.
Colin added: “I think it was important that he got sentenced as well, just to try and put other folk off doing it, just to show if it’s not actually you involved in the collision, you’re part of it.
“It was a terrible time for me and my family and I wouldn’t want anyone else to go through that.
“Getting a knock on the door at 10 at night saying ‘ your wife’s dead’- just like that. I don’t want anyone else to go through that.”