Speeding doesn't kill puppies, it kills cats
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Reports of cats being run over by speeding drivers in Gedney Hill have led to a new scheme being launched to slow people down.
Movable 30mph speed signs are appearing in the village after a partnership between Gedney Hill Parish Council and Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership (LRSP) to tackle the problem head-on.
The Community Speed Watch scheme was launched yesterday after a two-week trial in Ancaster, near Sleaford, last March.
Janet Harrison, clerk to Gedney Hill Parish Council, said: “Speeding has been a very big problem and there have been several cats killed in recent years as a result of drivers ignoring the 30mph limit.
“So, after we had various complaints, I put it to the parish council that we should have one of those speed signs in Gedney Hill.
“The police have done various checks and the council has worked with LRSP to get this done.
“Gedney Hill is a small village and something must be done about speeding here.”
Reports of cats being run over by speeding drivers in Gedney Hill have led to a new scheme being launched to slow people down.
Movable 30mph speed signs are appearing in the village after a partnership between Gedney Hill Parish Council and Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership (LRSP) to tackle the problem head-on.
The Community Speed Watch scheme was launched yesterday after a two-week trial in Ancaster, near Sleaford, last March.
Janet Harrison, clerk to Gedney Hill Parish Council, said: “Speeding has been a very big problem and there have been several cats killed in recent years as a result of drivers ignoring the 30mph limit.
“So, after we had various complaints, I put it to the parish council that we should have one of those speed signs in Gedney Hill.
“The police have done various checks and the council has worked with LRSP to get this done.
“Gedney Hill is a small village and something must be done about speeding here.”
How about not letting your bird killing pond destroying menace wander around in the road?
As you may be able to tell I don't like cat's. However, I would never wish harm on them, in fact quite the opposite, I think people should be responsible for them like every other domesticated animal and keep them off the roads.
As you may be able to tell I don't like cat's. However, I would never wish harm on them, in fact quite the opposite, I think people should be responsible for them like every other domesticated animal and keep them off the roads.
SteveSteveson said:
How about not letting your bird killing pond destroying menace wander around in the road?
As you may be able to tell I don't like cat's. However, I would never wish harm on them, in fact quite the opposite, I think people should be responsible for them like every other domesticated animal and keep them off the roads.
Couldnt agree moreAs you may be able to tell I don't like cat's. However, I would never wish harm on them, in fact quite the opposite, I think people should be responsible for them like every other domesticated animal and keep them off the roads.
How the hell does an apparent incident with speeding and a cat lead to this?
How do they justify the time and expense for this CSW b
ks when the only evidence is the fact that someone may have sped and killed a cat.
Honestly, when it comes to speed reduction, anything seems to be game. I can't think of any other apparent crime that results in action like this when nothing has even been proven.
How do they justify the time and expense for this CSW b
ks when the only evidence is the fact that someone may have sped and killed a cat.Honestly, when it comes to speed reduction, anything seems to be game. I can't think of any other apparent crime that results in action like this when nothing has even been proven.
I suspect that the cats bit is largely irrelevant and added to the story as a bit of a different angle.
My money would be on it simply being a case of locals complaining about peiople not sticking to the limit, the Police doing some checks and then a sign being put up. I doubt anyone has actually linked dead cats to the speeding other than one person who happened to be interviewed by the paper.
My money would be on it simply being a case of locals complaining about peiople not sticking to the limit, the Police doing some checks and then a sign being put up. I doubt anyone has actually linked dead cats to the speeding other than one person who happened to be interviewed by the paper.
Devil2575 said:
I suspect that the cats bit is largely irrelevant and added to the story as a bit of a different angle.
My money would be on it simply being a case of locals complaining about peiople not sticking to the limit, the Police doing some checks and then a sign being put up. I doubt anyone has actually linked dead cats to the speeding other than one person who happened to be interviewed by the paper.
There was a cat killed on the road outside our house last year.My money would be on it simply being a case of locals complaining about peiople not sticking to the limit, the Police doing some checks and then a sign being put up. I doubt anyone has actually linked dead cats to the speeding other than one person who happened to be interviewed by the paper.
This year, the speed limit was reduced by 10 mph. It's true.
Actually, the speed limit was due to be reduced anyway. The cat's sacrifice was in vain.
Surely this is a non-story? After all, they're not lowering the limit or putting in speed-bumps or chicanes - the new sign may be distracting to some, but it's no big deal.
(Could be good for an excuse - 'Sorry I ran over your cat but I never saw it - I was too busy trying to read my speed on that sign.')
(Could be good for an excuse - 'Sorry I ran over your cat but I never saw it - I was too busy trying to read my speed on that sign.')
funkyrobot said:
“Speeding has been a very big problem and there have been several cats killed in recent years as a result of drivers ignoring the 30mph limit."
How can this be proved - pretty sure the cats killed didn't complain?I appreciate that a cat is gonna have less chance being hit by a car doing 40mph than by one doing 30 mph but I'd say it was curtains in either case as getting hit by a car normally causes internal injuries that result in death later.
I'm guessing it's just a case of cat "looker afters" placing the blame or there genuinely being an issue with drivers speeding and the link to cat deaths has been "used" to justify
Before anyone leaps to any conclusions I have two cats myself and wouldn't be without them - one has also been hit on a quiet residential road when it was younger and won't cross it anymore (she also runs inside if a diesel drives past - doesn't do that with a petrol car driving past so my money is on her having a very good memory of what hit her)
What I do freely accept is that they lack some form of road crossing training - mainly due to the fact that the squirrels won't talk to them (Tufty anyone) so it seems to be best practice to cross the road at speed and hope that nothing is coming which on main road might not be a reliable technique
Unless it's my other cat who saunters across the road like he owns it and makes cars stop while he crosses (he is a bit large for a cat) and like I said it's a quiet residential steet with minimal traffic.
I don't see the problem, stick to the 30 mph limit, I think the cat thing is perhaps irrelevant to the overall debate and perhaps confuses things.
I am not sure why everyone is so dismissive of killing someone's cat ? I hit and badly injured (not sure if it survived, doubt it) someone's dog, I was not speeding and it was not my fault (ball launched into road, followed by dog) but 25 or so years later I still think of it.
For better or worse people dote on their cats, especially old folk who may be on their own and the cat is their companion, I would not really like to take that away from someone, it can be devastating, would you go to them and say "Never mind, its only a cat" ?
When I hit the dog it made me think that it could just have been one of the kids in the garden that had launched the ball.
I am not sure why everyone is so dismissive of killing someone's cat ? I hit and badly injured (not sure if it survived, doubt it) someone's dog, I was not speeding and it was not my fault (ball launched into road, followed by dog) but 25 or so years later I still think of it.
For better or worse people dote on their cats, especially old folk who may be on their own and the cat is their companion, I would not really like to take that away from someone, it can be devastating, would you go to them and say "Never mind, its only a cat" ?
When I hit the dog it made me think that it could just have been one of the kids in the garden that had launched the ball.
funkyrobot said:
Janet Harrison, clerk to Gedney Hill Parish Council, said: “Speeding has been a very big problem and there have been several cats killed in recent years as a result of drivers ignoring the 30mph limit.
“Gedney Hill is a small village and something must be done about speeding here.”
The cat I killed was definitely speeding. “Gedney Hill is a small village and something must be done about speeding here.”
I on the other hand wasn't (despite being on a <daily mail>150mph superbike</daily mail>).
Tickle said:
SteveSteveson said:
How about not letting your bird killing pond destroying menace wander around in the road?
As you may be able to tell I don't like cat's. However, I would never wish harm on them, in fact quite the opposite, I think people should be responsible for them like every other domesticated animal and keep them off the roads.
Couldnt agree moreAs you may be able to tell I don't like cat's. However, I would never wish harm on them, in fact quite the opposite, I think people should be responsible for them like every other domesticated animal and keep them off the roads.
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