The wrong speed (From York Press)
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The wrong speed
11:08am Thursday 3rd January 2013 in Letters By Reader's letter
THE Letters page seems to regularly attract from both ‘for’ and ‘against’ 20mph zones. I find this to be no more than a theoretical debate.
In practice, while walking the 20mph Bishopthorpe Road section, I rarely see any vehicle moving at this speed. I walk this road eight times a week and find almost no one observing the rules.
While driving in South Bank 20mph zones I find I am regularly overtaken or have the ‘pleasure’ of vehicles behind weaving about the road space eager to find a way to get past. Nobody I think enjoys this sort of behaviour.
Surely it is safer to have vehicles travelling at 30mph than overtaking and weaving about.
From a business point of view, how does the council justify spending limited resources on a project which does not deliver its intended product?
An independent investigation should be funded to produce statistics on what is actually happening in 20mph zones and if, as I suspect, the speed limits are being ignored then no further money should be invested in this type of voluntary traffic control.
P Jackson, Montague Street, York.
Comments(7)
ColdAsChristmas
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6:14pm Thu 3 Jan 13
No, you can't make this stuff up can you!
Mulgrave
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6:51pm Thu 3 Jan 13
The consultation, which was biased in favour of the scheme, does not absolve the Council from its duty of care in considering the negative impact from a well intentioned but flawed idea in its present form.
skepticreader
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11:25pm Thu 3 Jan 13
Sillybillies wrote:Sillybillies, why do you need a radar gun to judge the speed of a car? You need a gun to record the speed, but its easy to judge the speed to within 5pmh with very little practice.
In practice, while walking the 20mph Bishopthorpe Road section, I rarely see any vehicle moving at this speed. I walk this road eight times a week and find almost no one observing the rules.
You can't judge the speed of vehicles as a pedestrian without the assistance of a radar gun.
Sillybillies
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3:11pm Fri 4 Jan 13
Sillybillies, why do you need a radar gun to judge the speed of a car? You need a gun to record the speed, but its easy to judge the speed to within 5pmh with very little practice.
I repeat, and add, you cannot judge the speed of vehicles from the pavement full stop, never mind within 5 mph with very little practice. Any argument based on the false premise that you can is nonsense.
Sillybillies
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3:18pm Fri 4 Jan 13
Sillybillies
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2:17pm Sat 5 Jan 13
Sillybillies says...
12:05pm Thu 3 Jan 13
You can't judge the speed of vehicles as a pedestrian without the assistance of a radar gun.