Who decides the road speed limits?
11 December 2007, 12:19 AM
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Who decides the road speed limits?
An event of a few weeks ago means that I've been keeping an eye on roadside signs. It seems to me that most are too low for the actual road & (being cynical) perhaps this has been done on purpose to catch as many peeps as possible speeding? 10mph higher generally would probably mean that very few peeps would get caught at all ...
Who sets the limits & how might they be challenged?
Typical example is a road on my way to work - 2 lanes, no houses on road & only entry/exit to road is via a r/bout or t/lights. Speed limit is 30mph FFS
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Who sets the limits & how might they be challenged?
Typical example is a road on my way to work - 2 lanes, no houses on road & only entry/exit to road is via a r/bout or t/lights. Speed limit is 30mph FFS
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11 December 2007, 02:01 AM
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used to be the 80% rule but now local authority jobsworths do it "in partnership" with "other members of the road safety community" or whatever PC twaddle they spout these days
11 December 2007, 08:02 AM
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They used to be set according to national guidelines but Nu Labia decided that local authorities no longer needed to when they got to power in 97. There is some merit in this, local people set limits according to local conditions, BUT most of the time these 'locals' have votes in mind rather than road safety. And not one is qualified in raffic management at any rate ....
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11 December 2007, 08:45 AM
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It depends on the road is the short answer, it will either be the Highways agency or the local council. I challenged the change in speed limit from NSL to 40mph on the A610 (dual carriageway) from junc 26 out towards Eastwood. I was informed in no uncertain terms that it had been done to improve road safety as there had been a death on the road in the last 3 years. The only death I could find a record of was a jumper off one of the bridges 
11 December 2007, 09:18 AM
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It depends on the road is the short answer, it will either be the Highways agency or the local council. I challenged the change in speed limit from NSL to 40mph on the A610 (dual carriageway) from junc 26 out towards Eastwood. I was informed in no uncertain terms that it had been done to improve road safety as there had been a death on the road in the last 3 years. The only death I could find a record of was a jumper off one of the bridges
Virtually all the roads round here have dropped from NSL to 40/50 limits.
Also the local scamera partnerships have just bought a sh!tload of new handheld scameras and are erecting fixed ones too.I think NSL roads will soon be a thing of the past!
11 December 2007, 09:24 AM
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All the locals in a village near me spent years campaigning for a 20 limit through the village, then realised they mainly caught out themselves, and are now trying to abolish it!!!!! tools!!!!
11 December 2007, 11:36 AM
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We have a few villages around here where they have now put 20 mph limits. I can understand that in very congested areas but these are really unecessary in those places and just encourage motorists to break the law.
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12 December 2007, 12:02 AM
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Strange! As I've been looking out for them it's crystal clear that most are 10mph too low ie it feels natural to travel 10mph faster than stated on the road signs. Who should we challenge it with? Local Authority?
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12 December 2007, 12:24 AM
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Do you think this'll catch on?
(The above is a joke btw for those who get their knickers in a twist)
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If it's not a motorway then contact the highways department of the local authority in question. Expect them to tell you that the speed limit has been dropped due to a number of incidents over the preceeding 3 years. Expect them to ignore any requests for information regarding those incidents unless you go through FOIA. Do your own research and find they'll include sparrows getting run over in the statistics if it means they can get the road speed down to a point where they can now get a tally van placed on it that will pick off 90% of the people on that road. Expect to be made to feel like some kind of social piriah for even questioning the lowering in speed limit.
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