Road speed limit cut to 50mph ?

papa smurf · 08-03-2009, 08:54

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/dri...cle5864847.ece

here we go again ,might as well get a tricycle and make every one happy .

THE government is to cut the national speed limit from 60mph to 50mph on most of BritainÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s roads, enforced by a new generation of average speed cameras.[from the article]

TheNorm · 08-03-2009, 09:13

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...we are killing 3,000 people a year on our roads, it would be irresponsible not to do something about it.

I agree wholeheartedly. There aren't many journeys that can't be made at a safer speed.

Mick Fisher · 08-03-2009, 09:51

The cameras ain't making as much money as they thought they would.

Russ · 08-03-2009, 10:00

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Originally Posted by TheNorm

I agree wholeheartedly. There aren't many journeys that can't be made at a safer speed.

Spoken like a true non-driver!

So once we've got everyone in the UK down to 15mph, what do we do about making roads safer regarding incidents that don't involve speed?

Dai · 08-03-2009, 10:24

"we are killing 3,000 people a year on our roads"

That doesn't even come close to the 6,500 that died from hospital superbug infections.

Seems to me that someone is taking the easy and remunerative option.

Peter_ · 08-03-2009, 10:29

Just another money making scheme thought up by ministers desperate to make more money penalising the motorist, the clue is in this quote

Ministers plan to use average speed cameras, which monitor speeds over distances of up to six miles

Measuring speeds over 6 miles will have fines pouring in and probably cause more shunts as cars box together on long journeys, well thought out by idiots without a clue.

Russ · 08-03-2009, 10:32

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Originally Posted by Moldova

Measuring speeds over 6 miles will have fines pouring in and probably cause more shunts as cars box together on long journeys, well thought out by idiots without a clue.

As long as we get that nasty speed down then it just doesn't matter.

swoop101 · 08-03-2009, 10:37

Instead of cutting speed limits, why don't they do more to get the idiotic pedestrians and cyclists to look out and protect themselves.
I am sick and tired of the behaviour of some walkers/runners/cyclists who just go straight across the road without looking or showing any basic interest in their own safety.

Although with another thought, at least there should be less of them if they all get squashed.

Sirius · 08-03-2009, 10:39

Nothing more than yet another tax on the motorist. It's only effect will be to **** of even more voting motorist's

Peter_ · 08-03-2009, 10:40

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Originally Posted by Russ B

As long as we get that nasty speed down then it just doesn't matter.

I suspect the next bit legislation will be having a man walking in front with a Red Flag so we do not scare pedestrians, non-drivers and horse's, and possibly ringing a bell shouting "Unclean! Unclean! "

papa smurf · 08-03-2009, 10:54

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Originally Posted by swoop101

Instead of cutting speed limits, why don't they do more to get the idiotic pedestrians and cyclists to look out and protect themselves.
I am sick and tired of the behaviour of some walkers/runners/cyclists who just go straight across the road without looking or showing any basic interest in their own safety.

Although with another thought, at least there should be less of them if they all get squashed.

oh please don't get me started about cyclists,[most of which seem to have a death wish ]

Charlie_Bubble · 08-03-2009, 11:05

As I braked to avoid hitting a middle-aged woman running across the road in Guildford yesterday, I wondered if she would be happy sacrificing her life to save 30 seconds saved walking to and waiting for the crossing which was just 10 metres away. She was only 1 of about 3 or 4 people in a half mile drive to pick up my Mrs that risked their lives for the sake of a few seconds.

Raistlin · 08-03-2009, 11:17

Good isn't it? Every year cars get safer, brakes and tyres more efficient, and the Government more bloody stupid!

Russ · 08-03-2009, 11:21

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Originally Posted by Rob M

Good isn't it? Every year cars get safer, brakes and tyres more efficient, and the Government more bloody stupid!

Cars could get progressively safer in to infinity but that still doesn't deal with the brain donor at the wheel who doesn't care about rules of the road. The safer you make the car, the less responsibilty the driver will feel he has.

It's not speeding we need to deal with, it's driving attitudes and ability.

Raistlin · 08-03-2009, 11:25

Agreed.

I went shopping yesterday, was nearly run off the road 3 times by idiots coming around corners half on my side of the road half on theirs. I got cut up twice on roundabouts by people in the wrong lane. Had to stand in front of someone's car in the carpark to stop it rolling forward and hitting other cars whilst Mrs-M-to-be went to put a tannoy call out for the driver because they'd left their handbrake off.

None of these incidents was caused by speed, they were all caused by the fact that the idiots behind the wheel should never have been given a damn driving licence in the first place.