Traffic Calming
Discussion
Those of you in the Nottingham area may know that two local arterial roads in Carlton are about to have speed humps put on them. I was at two of the meetings of locals not wanting them, but we got them anyway. A fair number of the people there wanted speed cameras on Foxhill Road (especially) as there is an infants school on it. Now here's the rub. I have just recieved a letter from the local council, and I'd like to quote verbatim paragraph 5.
"Speed cameras have been ruled out on these two roads becase the Department for Transport does not allow us to use them when there are other engineering methods available to reduce the number of accidents".
So, you either get cameras or humps, but not, it would seem, both.
Aren't you glad.
"Speed cameras have been ruled out on these two roads becase the Department for Transport does not allow us to use them when there are other engineering methods available to reduce the number of accidents".
So, you either get cameras or humps, but not, it would seem, both.
Aren't you glad.
The rules are crazy.
You can't have a crossing outside a kids playing field because not enough people would use it. But you can put fkcuing road humps for 3/4 of a mile next to it. You can't put a speed camera in front of the crossing (that you can't have) because no one has died - so you can have raised tables and bumps that even the residents of the road HATE because of the clanking of lorries as they go over them.
The world is mad.
You can't have a crossing outside a kids playing field because not enough people would use it. But you can put fkcuing road humps for 3/4 of a mile next to it. You can't put a speed camera in front of the crossing (that you can't have) because no one has died - so you can have raised tables and bumps that even the residents of the road HATE because of the clanking of lorries as they go over them.
The world is mad.
Have you checked the road humps regulations? (thats not a joke name honest!!)
The street lighting has to be no more than a certain distance apart (between any two lights) for the humps to be installed (38m from memory).
If they're more than this distance the humps cannot be installed. If additional lighting were needed, this may increase the costs beyond the budget.
Edit: Just Googled the regulations www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1996/Uksi_19961483_en_1.htm
>> Edited by mudster on Tuesday 27th January 23:22
The street lighting has to be no more than a certain distance apart (between any two lights) for the humps to be installed (38m from memory).
If they're more than this distance the humps cannot be installed. If additional lighting were needed, this may increase the costs beyond the budget.
Edit: Just Googled the regulations www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1996/Uksi_19961483_en_1.htm
>> Edited by mudster on Tuesday 27th January 23:22
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