Friday 16th May 2008

Towns To Become 20mph Zones

Top speed in towns is set to be slashed to 20mph

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Set to become a more familiar sight?

Thousands of residential roads are to be made 20mph or less under sweeping Government plans, it has been reported.

Ministers believe this will cut road deaths by a third over the next decade.

There is expected to be variable limits outside schools and electronic signs will tell drivers to do 20mph or less at peak times.

Of course there will be an army of cameras to detect when drivers creep above the limits in some of the new 20mph towns.

It is believed that the Government has set a target to cut road deaths from 3,000 to 2,000 a year.

In addition to more 20mph zones there is likely to be a lower drink-drive limit, six penalty points for serious breaches of the speed limit and stricter penalties for not wearing a seatbelt.

Jim Fitzpatrick, the Road Safety Minister, told The Times that the Government would consider setting a target for cutting road deaths.

‘We get some criticism for not being ambitious enough,’ he said.

[gopher cough]

you also get some criticism from me for being stupid s, that have no real idea about road safety and think that lowering speed limits will make a scrap of difference, but hey, think of all the nice fines it will generate.

[Gooby]

When a cabinet is formed, how do these morons get a position of influence?

[Polarbert]

What a load of bullst. Do these people not live in the real world or something?

Twats through and through.

[Jasandjules]

Govt says, we need to raise sh*t loads of cash from motorists, so we're going to make it so no-one can possibly drive slowly enough to not trigger a scamera.

[Lordbenny]

"There is expected to be variable limits outside schools and electronic signs will tell drivers to do 20mph or less at peak times."

What a good idea, I could have told them to do that 20 years ago!

[MrTappets]

Seems to me that most road deaths are caused by people who make a choice to drive too fast at the wrong times, so lowering speed limits surely won't make any difference other than increasing congestion and creating another government excuse for more cameras.

[Trommel]

More signs and cameras cluttering up the townscape. Stupid idea, as expected. I see they are still intending to lower the drink-drive limits too.

I will have a pint in town tomorrow in defiance, and then proceed to drive home at 31 mph.

[DJFish]

Surely it'd make more sense to prevent people walking in front of cars in the first place?
Either by education or physical prevention (barriers etc).
Why are we dragging ourselves back into the dark ages due to the stupidity of pedestrians?

[Trommel]

DJFish said:

Surely it'd make more sense to prevent people walking in front of cars in the first place?

Teach people to be careful when crossing the road? What a silly idea.

[Vipers]

So road deaths are not caused by pedestrians who blatently step out in front of vehicles without a care in the world then?

In 20 zones drivers will not be concentrating so much on the road, they will be concentrating on the speedo in case the needle exceeds 20 mph, which will result in fines and points no doubt, and wont be paying attention to the road.

I can happily cruise at 30 mph, guess we can all do, but to make sure you don't exceed 20, well not as easy.

Of course when they decide that lowering the limit MAKES NO DIFFERENCE to road deaths, will they increase it, will they hell, probably drop it even further.

FOR GODS SAKE, EDUCATE THE BLOODY PEDESTRIANS...............

[Titan Simba]

Decreased Speed = Increased Congestion = Increased fuel consumption = Increased Pollution = Increased lung disease = Increased strain on the NHS
But hey, it also equals increased revenues from the poor bloody motorist from fines, road tax, fuel levies...

BDS!

Where will it end?!

[Skinner.Daddy]

PISTON HEADS NEWS 13th JULY 2010

'Government finally bans cars from all roads in the UK'

'Cyclists warned "You're next"'

'Pedestrians rejoice'

[gopher cough]

"if you hit me at 40 mph there is a x% chance i'll die"

"if you didn't run into a f u cking road in the first place there is a 100% chance you'll live"

Natural selection - the leading detergent for the gene pool since 10,000 BC

[AngryS3Owner]

What a crock of st.

[madrob6]

ah another excellent idea

Saw a mother yesterday shout to her young daughter to hurry up and then proceeded the cross the road leaving said child to catch up which she did by running across the road without looking, mother didn't even notice as she was looking the opposite direction.

So with so many people driving 4x4s so slowly and kids running out in front of them surely they're more likely to go under the car and get even more hurt? Hey why don't we all drive cars lined with pillows too then nobody need think!

[Double R]

more than 7000 people died last year from MRSA in our lovely hospitals and yet the focus of this shower of pointless communists is to go hard on motorists

reasonable speed limits are the right thing not carpet bombing just to make driving a miserable experience

not to mention the damage to engines and to the environment with higher pollution and more congestion

tozzers

[Neomagic]

gopher cough said:

"if you hit me at 40 mph there is a x% chance i'll die"

"if you didn't run into a f u cking road in the first place there is a 100% chance you'll live"

Natural selection - the leading detergent for the gene pool since 10,000 BC

loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

[Chris_R]

Lordbenny said:

"There is expected to be variable limits outside schools and electronic signs will tell drivers to do 20mph or less at peak times."

What a good idea, I could have told them to do that 20 years ago!

Thing is, we already have these, why are they presenting it like its something new?

[supermono]

Do we have the figures for how many people are run over on the pavement?

SM

[Negative Creep]

There are a few 20mph zones around here, needless to say they are universally ignored. How about we do something to cut binge drinking instead? I'd wager a large amount of people injured or killed by cars are pissed, but of course the statistics will blame the driver. Another step towards buying a car on Polish plates and 'forgetting' to register it