Thread: Road speed limit cut to 50mph ?
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Old 11-03-2009, 20:15   #89
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Re: Road speed limit cut to 50mph ?
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Originally Posted by rogermevans View Post
no and no

the offical stats show its not speed causing accidents
I was referring to the incidents described by Rob M:

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was nearly run off the road 3 times by idiots coming around corners half on my side of the road half on theirs.
Which I am sure, if you had read the post correctly, you would have noticed.

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Originally Posted by rogermevans View Post
...and traffic jams are not because of excessive speed i have never seen a study show that

the variable speeds on motorways are there to keep excessive amounts of traffic moving by speeding them up more often than not

How about this one?

M25 Controlled Motorway-Case Study

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The basic principle of Controlled Motorways is congestion management using Mandatory variable speed limits that are appropriate for the traffic conditions. This harmonises traffic speeds and reduces the severity of shockwaves (thereby reducing stop-start driving). Smoothing traffic flow in this way helps to delay the onset of flow breakdown and advances the recovery of traffic flow from congested conditions.
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