Hi,
As I learnt before I passed my test, it is not the speed at which people drive at (within reason), it's the idiot behind the wheel. If speed really killed, we would have no rally drivers, no f1 drivers and no drag racers. Pro speed camera groups seem to make an assumption that ALL drivers can't handle speed and therefore must be restricted, this is totally out of order. I detest people who put everybody into the same group, I get enough of it being a teenager and being grouped with criminals and bad behavior.
I believe that the 30mph limit is a rather good limit in residential areas as it is rather sensible due to children crossing etc, and I also believe that the 60mph limit on single carriageways is rather sensible if the road is bendy (as they ususally are). One thing that annoys me are people that get right up behind me and get frustrated because I go 30 in a 30 limit, this is completely out of order and I believe some people need a bit of respect in these cases.
I do, however agree that the limit should be raised to 80mph for motorways as they are known to be a high speed type of road. Hmm, critics say that people will 'drive faster' if this limit is imposed, well I would say, after doing the maths, people will go about 10mph faster with the new limit in place? Just a hunch
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On to speed cameras. In some cases they are useful, but where I live there are 2 cameras along the road, when the amount of accidents in the past 5 years that I have been living there are minimal. Also, those who live in the effective area will know the frustration drivers build up along the A47, where they are doing strengthening work (apparently) and have taken a duel carriageway down to a single lane, dropped the limit to 40, and erected roughly 8 speed cameras over a 2-3mile stretch. I don't feel that this is right, even though I stick to the limit (being a new driver with only 6 points maximum of 2yrs), I feel frusted driving at 40 down a duel carriageway where workmen are working at a sluggish speed eating sandwiches all day.
Am I on the same wavelength as everybody else here?