A610 dual carrigeway at IKEA, 40mph, why?
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Decent straight bit of dual carriageway, central reservation and armco, well lit, good road surface. No side roads, the only junction is a proper one at IKEA with slip roads on and off.
So why the f
k has it been reduced to a 40 zone? Is there a history of KSI's on it?
Quite ridiculous. Thankfully I don't go that way too often.
Daftest bit of all, is at the end at Eastwood, and you run out of dual carriageway and onto a single carriageway with twists and turns and exits and driveways etc towards Ripley, you are back up to a 60 zone for a bit, then into a 50 zone, the tts!
It's backwards world I tell thee! Low limits out on the open road, higher limits in the built up areas.
So why the f
k has it been reduced to a 40 zone? Is there a history of KSI's on it?Quite ridiculous. Thankfully I don't go that way too often.
Daftest bit of all, is at the end at Eastwood, and you run out of dual carriageway and onto a single carriageway with twists and turns and exits and driveways etc towards Ripley, you are back up to a 60 zone for a bit, then into a 50 zone, the t
ts!It's backwards world I tell thee! Low limits out on the open road, higher limits in the built up areas.
Edited by Balmoral Green on Friday 22 January 12:49
It just seems daft when you can do three or four times the posted speed limit along there, and it's such a non event that it's not even worth bragging rights.
Every now & then you read a thread over in SP&L about someone getting caught doing 90 or 100 in a 40 or a 50 and I think, well, you deserve it. But I guess this is one of those roads that makes it clear that it's not always the case.
Every now & then you read a thread over in SP&L about someone getting caught doing 90 or 100 in a 40 or a 50 and I think, well, you deserve it. But I guess this is one of those roads that makes it clear that it's not always the case.
I can see the point, a little, at the M1 end. There is no central reservation, no matter whether you are heading away from or towards the M1 there is a bend and a crest at the top of a hill, not to mention the suicide bridge. And heading into Nottingham towards the M1, I can imagine the queues at rush hour too.
But when heading away from the M1 towards Ripley, and having climbed and passed the bend, the crest and the bridge, it is a dead straight, well lit, and excellent visibility. The regular NSL of 70 is just fine, no reason for it not to be. And regardless of whether it is 40, 50, or 70, it's one of the safest places to do more than twice the NSL when it's deserted that I can think of, which makes 40 in the same circumstances seem a bit more than just daft.
But when heading away from the M1 towards Ripley, and having climbed and passed the bend, the crest and the bridge, it is a dead straight, well lit, and excellent visibility. The regular NSL of 70 is just fine, no reason for it not to be. And regardless of whether it is 40, 50, or 70, it's one of the safest places to do more than twice the NSL when it's deserted that I can think of, which makes 40 in the same circumstances seem a bit more than just daft.
Funny though isn't it, you can be doing 140+ on the main drag, yet ease off and slow well in advance, without even touching the brakes, down to a very low speed for anyone emerging from that exit, because as has been said, there's nowhere to go if someone pulls out, you need to be able to pull up/stop. So if double the National speed limit is no big deal on the deserted straight, and slowing to half the posted speed limit or even less is sensible for the slip, just what exactly are the speed limits for?
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