cyclist nickedAll right thinking people will applaud this action whilst it will also dispel at least one myth. Cyclist condemns red light...
On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 11:49:47 +0100, Dr Zoidberg
Because, as you should know, signalling 40 as an upper limit does not mean that it either safe to drive at 40 or that traffic conditions mean that a slower speed is inappropriate.
cyclist nicked 343Adrian wrote in replying to " I have driven..." Why? Do you think that traffic lights only apply to motorised vehicles? If you can do it on a bicycle, providing you keep a...
It's not a target, it's a maximum permissible speed, just like fixed signing. Do you fume with anger if you have to drive at 20mph on a single carriageway NSL road because of congestion? Do you demand that the local authority rip up NSL repeaters and replace them with 20s?
The people making the decisions about speed restrictions include, and once were exclusively, police traffic officers. They decide the limits to be used in line with ACPO guidance and their experience of roads policing.
One of them explained their thinking like this:
On a foggy day on a single carriageway road you pbutt a sign reading 50. Do you imagine that if you actually drive at 50 that your behaviour is safe and sensible? If you are involved in a crash, will saying "but the sign said 50" save you from prosecution? Since the answer in this circumstance is that drivers must not only drive within the limit but also behave in a reasonable manner and proceed at a safe speed for the conditions, why should they not also behave in the same manner on a motorway subject to a temporary speed restriction?
