Is it any wonder that so many people get end and injured on our roads when so many drivers are allowed to break the law? The offenders should be permanently banned from driving!
"The Department for Transport today published National Statistics of vehicle speeds in Great Britain in 2005. These statistics relate to the speeds at which drivers choose to drive in free-flow conditions generally across the road network. The latest figures show that the proportion of motorists exceeding the speed limit in 2005 changed very little from 2004 although driving in excess of the speed limit remains at a high level on all types of road.
The main features of the new statistics released today are:
On roads with 30 mph limits (built-up)
VEHICLE SPEEDS IN GREAT BRITAIN: 2005 70vulnerable road-pavement users they run down. Nonsense, never heard of the Euro NCAP tests which include a star rating for pedestrian safety? That shows a steady improvement in car design since it began...
On roads with a 30 mph speed limit 50 per cent of cars exceeded that limit in 2005 compared with 53 per cent in 2004; 21 per cent travelled faster than 35 mph, compared with 22 per cent in 2004.
On 30 mph roads, half of motorcycles exceeded that limit in 2005. Twenty six per cent of motorcycles were travelling at more than 35 mph in 2005 compared with 24 per cent recorded in 2004.
The survey also reveals a high incidence of speeding by heavy goods vehicles on built-up 30 mph roads: 46 per cent of 2-axle heavy goods vehicles exceeded the speed limit, 18 per cent by more than 5 mph.
On roads with 40 mph limits (built-up)
On 40 mph roads 25 per cent of cars exceeded the limit, with 9 per cent exceeding 45 mph, a reduction from the 27 and 10 per cent respectively recorded in the last three years (2002 - 2004).
VEHICLE SPEEDS IN GREAT BRITAIN: 2005 68Most speed limits can be exceeded by 100% totally safely under the right conditions. Most can be exceeded by 50% totally safely under most conditions. There seems to be an increasing spread of reducing limits...
Thirty four per cent of motorcycles exceeded the 40 mph limit compared to 38 per cent in 2004. Seventeen per cent of motorcycles on 40 mph roads were travelling at more than 45 mph in 2005. This is a reduction from the 19 per cent recorded in 2004."
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