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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Desperate Village welcomes speed cameras |
| dpratt |
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 15:06
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| Which village is it? I'm in Co. Durham from tonight through Saturday, will have time to pop along and have a look. Sadberge - see Link to Streetmap The speed limit in the village is 30mph from about a mile south and half a mile north of the village on the main through road. There is also a new bipa... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Desperate Village welcomes speed cameras |
| dpratt |
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 14:55
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| In the past year, by the way, there have been several accidents in and around the village. Did any of them involve otherwise responsible drivers exceeding the speed limit? If they didn't then speed limits or enforcement can't cure them. Not sure how someone who breaks the law of the land is defined... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Desperate Village welcomes speed cameras |
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 14:44
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| ... I'd welcome a traffic jam and pollution any day to the alternative... This is interesting as most people who complain about "speeding through the village" aren't really complaining about the speed but instead the presence of the traffic at all. I assume from what you say that the road is NSL an... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Desperate Village welcomes speed cameras |
| dpratt |
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 14:38
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Homer wrote: dpratt wrote: It happens to be on a rat run You mean a road which takes people from where they are to where they want to be. Sorry, pet hate of mine, calling a through road a rat run.
No - I mean a road which is used by people who show no concern for other users - 'rats'. |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Desperate Village welcomes speed cameras |
| dpratt |
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 14:36
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| In the past year, by the way, there have been several accidents in and around the village. Did any of them involve otherwise responsible drivers exceeding the speed limit? If they didn't then speed limits or enforcement can't cure them. Not sure how someone who breaks the law of the land is defined... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Desperate Village welcomes speed cameras |
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 13:03
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| All solutions appear to cross the line in that they will ask people outside of the village to reach into their pockets. Hardly a popular solution. I prefer the blocking the road solution - one idea I had was for villagers to actively double park their cars, forcing people to slow down for single lan... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Desperate Village welcomes speed cameras |
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 12:59
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Thanks for the suggestion - in a logical world this would work, but we've tried that and the police are generally 'too busy'.
Incidentally, they have recently bought two new unmarked cars that patrol the trouble-hit A66 trapping drivers for speeding. Good way of making cash. |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Desperate Village welcomes speed cameras |
| dpratt |
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 12:44
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| I think that it easy to underestimate the impact that unsafe, inappropriate speeds can have on small communities like the one that I live in. It is also very easy to suggest solutions that involve the general public reaching into their pockets. I'm sorry, but I would welcome any form of speed contro... |
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