On Sun, 21 May 2017 17:23:42 +0100, NY wrote:

"James Wilkinson Sword" wrote in message
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Only 4% of accidents are caused by speeding. FOUR. Stop being so
ignorant. Accidents are caused by being a **** driver or not paying
attention. Nothing whatsoever to do with speed, in fact the faster youfgo
the more attention you pay to your surroundings. I find myself getting
bored and inattentive when stuck at the limit by the ****wit in front of
me. Speed is just an easy thing for the pigs to measure. It can be given
a numerical value. It saves them having to use their brains to work out
if someone is driving dangerously.

And speed limits are not applied consistently. There are some roads with
houses that front directly onto the street (ie no front garden) which have a
40 limit, while there are other streets which carry a 30 or even 20 limit,
even though they are just as wide and straight, have just as many side
turnings but have open-sided lawns (ie no hedges or fences that could hide a
child) in front of them.

I ignore all limits and drive at the speed relevant to how far I can see ahead. Paying attention to speed limits means you're paying less attention to what's in front of you.

The biggest problem is with temporary road-works speed limits which are
present even when the work has been cleared away over a bank holiday (so
there are no narrow lanes to require a speed limit) or else the limit
continues on the exit side of the roadworks to the same point that it begins
on the opposite side of the road: it's necessary to slow approaching traffic
because of narrow lanes, traffic lights, protecting road workers, but
there's no need to prevent exiting traffic from going back to the normal
limit as soon as it has got past the works. Is there something in road
traffic law which doesn't allow different speed limits on different sides of
the road, even when it's dual carriageway with a barrier down the centre?

Are we actually obliged to obey a roadworks limit when there are no workers present?

And do the red lights on roadworks actually count as an offence? I mean if it's just two way trafffic and no junction, there's no harm in a few extra cars going through on red and following the queue. The other side won't start moving until they're clear.

Smart motorways are another area that bring speed limits into disrepute. I
have driven on the M42 on the south-east of Birimingham at 11 pm when there
have been virtually no other cars around (and no roadworks or broken down
cars) and the gantry signs have been displaying 50 or even 40; conversely
I've driven on the same route during the daytime in dense traffic where
everyone is following too closely, and the limit has only been reduced to
60. Work that one out.

The fools that run the smart motorways claim that slowing cars down increases throughput.

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