20 mph limit....everywhere?
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Heard on the radio this morning, the shower have/are? going to give local authorities the power to impose a 20mph limit wherever they deem suitable, with some LA`s contemplating a blanket 20mph limit in their areas. Another scare story? or is there some truth in it?
if its true, how can/will they enforce it? what will it do for emissions with everyone crawling along in 1st/2nd gear?
Another fantastic idea from the shower of Sh*t!
if its true, how can/will they enforce it? what will it do for emissions with everyone crawling along in 1st/2nd gear?
Another fantastic idea from the shower of Sh*t!
The problem with 20mph limits is pure and simple. If you put blanket limits on a whole area, people won't adhere to them on the whole so the local councils will introduce more and more traffic calming measures (new suspension or front splitters anyone??). Time for a Chelsea Tractor maybe? It's a joke.
peter pan said:
Dam you’ve got the same name as me, you’ve been a member longer than me though so it me that’s the unoriginal name thief. I think I may need to have a name change now its not the same knowing some one ells as the same name.
Is it just me who is confused peter pan said:
Heard on the radio this morning, the shower have/are? going to give local authorities the power to impose a 20mph limit wherever they deem suitable, with some LA`s contemplating a blanket 20mph limit in their areas. Another scare story? or is there some truth in it?
if its true, how can/will they enforce it? what will it do for emissions with everyone crawling along in 1st/2nd gear?
Another fantastic idea from the shower of Sh*t!]
if its true, how can/will they enforce it? what will it do for emissions with everyone crawling along in 1st/2nd gear?
Another fantastic idea from the shower of Sh*t!]
Unless they go for a big threshold, most cyclists will be capable of setting off a 20mph Gatso without too much trouble, it'd probably be quite a good laugh to put on hoodies and zoom around setting them off, resulting in an entire roll of film filled with shots of receding (and anonymous) cyclists.
What else? Would it be possible to set one off riding a horse?
I can see this developing into a sport for the urban gentleman, "setting off low-speed cameras using the most contrived conveyance possible".
What else? Would it be possible to set one off riding a horse?
I can see this developing into a sport for the urban gentleman, "setting off low-speed cameras using the most contrived conveyance possible".
I actually believe that there are some roads/zones in which a 20mph limit would be sensible, but `to avoid confusing the motorist' some local authorities apparently want to bring in a blanket 20mph limit in what they deem a built up area. Its this, one size fits all, approach which devalues speed limits by lowering/using them where they are NOT appropriate. If the Local authorities want to `cry wolf'at every opportunity, they should not then be surprised, if people stop believing them and ignore limits altogether.
My racing barstool does 28 mph with a good battery!
Roy
Roy
Timberwolf said:
Unless they go for a big threshold, most cyclists will be capable of setting off a 20mph Gatso without too much trouble, it'd probably be quite a good laugh to put on hoodies and zoom around setting them off, resulting in an entire roll of film filled with shots of receding (and anonymous) cyclists.
What else? Would it be possible to set one off riding a horse?
I can see this developing into a sport for the urban gentleman, "setting off low-speed cameras using the most contrived conveyance possible".
What else? Would it be possible to set one off riding a horse?
I can see this developing into a sport for the urban gentleman, "setting off low-speed cameras using the most contrived conveyance possible".
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