The Mail Online is reporting that in some rural areas speed limits are quietly being cut – and in fact the toll could be as much as 25,000 stretches of road being reduced.
Much of what has seemingly been proposed seems like a sensible proposition – for example cutting the speed around schools or where there are few curbs for pedestrians in rural village centres etc. However, when a stretch of road is changed, one must always think of the effect on drivers/riders and in this case I think that some of the changes could cause confusion.
There is nothing worse than driving down a new road that isn’t clearly marked or for whatever reason actually confuses you about the legal speed that you should be doing. Of course, common sense should prevail, but that isn’t enough in the eyes of the law. I just hope that all changes are well thought-out and with safety in mind, rather than just reducing speed limits for no reason (Britain still has some of the safest roads in Europe).
Yes, I’ve noticed new 50 signs springing up in places… I’m sure the cameras will follow shortly… nothing like taxing us and telling us it’s for our own good.