On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 20:27:54 +0000 (UTC), "Graeme"
wrote:

Isn't slowing down worth it to avoid all that pain?

Shall we all drive around at 5mph with a man with a red flag in front?

That may sound rather devil's advocate, but IMO the best solution to
poor driving is to penalise it, improve driver education and so try to
reduce the amount of it around. Wholesale speed limit reductions do
not solve the problem of people driving too fast for the conditions.
The reason why they are in favour at present is that they are cheap to
enforce. What we *really* need is more patrolling traffic police, not
cameras, and that costs money.

Fortunately, Milton Keynes Council seem to have noticed this and it
would appear are reconsidering the proposed wholesale reduction in
speed limits by 20mph on the grid system.

The original idea was brought on by a few children being run down on
the roads, which are all provided with a good number of underpasses
and bridges so there is no need to cross on the level. To encourage
their use, what is needed is better lighting, CCTV and good signage,
not a way of mitigating the inevitable when people cross the roads
themselves, as well as a bit of parental responsibility in not
allowing their children to play near 70mph segregated dual
carriageways, just as they should not be playing on a motorway or
railway.

Neil

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