Safe Speed Forums

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56 years after it was decided it was needed, the Bedford Bypass is nearing completion. The last single carriageway length of it.We have the most photogenic mayor though, always being photographed doing nothing

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... se-30.html

I would guess that a 30% increase is nothing for the Telford area, with them probaly doubling over the last 8 years and sprouting up monthly. They want to put them on a T junction,near me, that at any given time only has 3 cars waiting to emerge at most ( often none when the roads are quiet), whereas the road that they would join is a busy through way, which would result in long tailbacks for the sake of just a few cars emerging which would have cleared within a few seconds waiting anyway. It's not as if you ever see pedestrians at this junction.

I'm sure that the double glazing salesmen of old,, are now hassling council highways departments, with, "too good to be true", sales offers

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My views do not represent Safespeed but those of a driver who has driven for 39 yrs, in all conditions, at all times of the day & night on every type of road and covered well over a million miles, so knows a bit about what makes for safety on the road,what is really dangerous and needs to be observed when driving and quite frankly, the speedo is way down on my list of things to observe to negotiate Britain's roads safely, but I don't expect some fool who sits behind a desk all day to appreciate that.

Funny thing, that statement. Residents are using that same argument against the installation of signals at M55 J3. Except that I see a queue there regularly and the new lights will help matters considerably at peak periods.

There have also been comments about one of my own junction, which was installed pre-emptively for town centre traffic flow changes. If you are that concerned about the appearance of these signals, ask your local authority to justify their reasoning, ask for the models of the junction (they are public information after all) and the costs involved.

On the flip side, I completely agree that the proliferation of traffic signals that has occurred since the requirement for authorisation was removed is rediculous. While many new installations ARE necessary, the problem is that local authorities dont seem to continue to monitor and check whether existing installations remain justifiable. I have tried to introduce a justification criteria... but the usual "fear of change" attitude persists, in all the wrong places.

Apart from the bad grammar it is impossible to take anyone who makes a statement like that seriously. Most pedestrians and cyclist have a car in the garage and pay the appropriate taxes even though they aren't congesting the roads with it. And non car owners make a substantial contribution to the treasury. As a non car owner I still contribute about £500 pa to the road budget. I think that that entitles me to the odd PeLiCon crossing

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