A140 to have blanket 50mph speed limit.
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EXPERIMENTAL speed restrictions look set to be introduced on the A140 in a council bid to reduce the number of accidents.
The road has already claimed nine lives since 1997, while 183 people have been injured.
But while Suffolk County Council's plans, which will be discussed by its rights of way and traffic management sub committee on Thursday, have generally been welcomed, not everyone is confident that the measures are enough.
"It is not the road itself that kills – it is the people on it. People take risks – and so accidents happen."
The council says analysis of these accidents show 70 per cent happened at junctions or accesses and 44 per cent were rear end shunts – they say this indicates the problem is with cars travelling too fast and too close together.
The proposal includes 30mph limits replacing 40mph limits between Earl Stonham and Stonham Parva, and at Brockford Street, while Brome will become a 40mph zone.
The rest of the road will become a 50mph zone. Flashing signs will also advise drivers if they are driving too fast or too close to the vehicle in front.
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The road has already claimed nine lives since 1997, while 183 people have been injured.
But while Suffolk County Council's plans, which will be discussed by its rights of way and traffic management sub committee on Thursday, have generally been welcomed, not everyone is confident that the measures are enough.
"It is not the road itself that kills – it is the people on it. People take risks – and so accidents happen."
The council says analysis of these accidents show 70 per cent happened at junctions or accesses and 44 per cent were rear end shunts – they say this indicates the problem is with cars travelling too fast and too close together.
The proposal includes 30mph limits replacing 40mph limits between Earl Stonham and Stonham Parva, and at Brockford Street, while Brome will become a 40mph zone.
The rest of the road will become a 50mph zone. Flashing signs will also advise drivers if they are driving too fast or too close to the vehicle in front.
www.buryfreepress.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=843&ArticleID=649614
It looks like the start of the madness acroos the UK. Completely unecessary and unjustified 50mph limits appearing everywhere. I use part of the A329 which runs from Thame to Wallingford as a route for tuition. Last week without warning this was reduced for a large proportion of its entire length to 50mph from NSL. This was completely unjustified especially in the areas they have put this blanket limit.
From my point of view it looks like local authorities are chosing the lowest and cheapest common denominator to attempt to meet the Govts targets for reduction in RTAs. Reduce the limit and therefore accidents will reduce. When will they understand that reducing a limit will not reduce accidents and it has shown not to be the case. I am all in favour of reducing limits where there is a major problem through historic incidents or the likelyhood of conflict because of large amounts of traffic in urban residential areas.
I am furious about the reduction for no real reason than the local authority think its best!
From my point of view it looks like local authorities are chosing the lowest and cheapest common denominator to attempt to meet the Govts targets for reduction in RTAs. Reduce the limit and therefore accidents will reduce. When will they understand that reducing a limit will not reduce accidents and it has shown not to be the case. I am all in favour of reducing limits where there is a major problem through historic incidents or the likelyhood of conflict because of large amounts of traffic in urban residential areas.
I am furious about the reduction for no real reason than the local authority think its best!
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It's not the only one...
I use the B4012 from Thame to Postcombe every day. There's so much signage on all the corners if someone does go off, they're going to collide with a metal sign rather than sliding into a field!
When I phoned the contact in Oxfordshire council, they sent me a list of the roads and a map. No specific reasoning, there statement of reasoning was a blanket one for all roads and just said "to reduce KSI" or words to that effect.
Fun, fun, fun.
It's not the only one...
I use the B4012 from Thame to Postcombe every day. There's so much signage on all the corners if someone does go off, they're going to collide with a metal sign rather than sliding into a field!
When I phoned the contact in Oxfordshire council, they sent me a list of the roads and a map. No specific reasoning, there statement of reasoning was a blanket one for all roads and just said "to reduce KSI" or words to that effect.
Fun, fun, fun.
206xsi said:
Madcop - can you raise this with your boss? Make a formal representation to the council?
Isn't this Oxon? There have been posts on this....
I may as well go and stick live wasps up my arse (to quote Cazzo) for all the good it will do.
I would just get asked if I was feeling a bit more stressed than usual or something like that. Once these limits are in place, there is nothing that the Police can do to upgrade them to the original limit.
It is extortionately expensive to alter a limit, There has to be court procedures to do it (local orders) which due to legal costs are frequently in the 10's of K's.
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