skidmarks

My Staffy had a good old gulp if that counts

Can I join I've got a bottle of Sunny Delight to share spiked with cherry Lambrini?

bigbadwolf Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Same here Skidmarks. I'm doing some R.C framework > at the mo. What do you specialize in. A bit more interesting stuff than me at the mo then! I need to get back to some real heavy engineering

SeanMacGabhann Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > welcome to the forum and the area > > Good post - by your "field" is it your job? And is > > > this book > > considered any good? I enjoyed it anyway > > As to the 20mph zone - is teh speed limit the > problem or the inability to enforce it? Hi and thanks. Yes, I'm a civil engineer, I am doing a lot of work in road safety at the moment. Thanks for the link I will take a look at that book as I haven't read it. The police cannot currently enforce a 20mph limit, so don't expect them to be stood there with a radar gun issuing fines.

Just reading back through the thread, someone has stated that many accidents are not caused by speed. This is one of those misconceptions that have arisen about speed cameras. Yes, a lot of accidents are not caused by speed but the severity of the accident is directly proportional to the speed of a vehicle. Go and drive at 30mph into a post and then go drive at 70mph in to a post and see how you fair. With the cost of a fatal collision to society running at around ?1.5M whereas a slight injury collision costing on average ?20,000 you can see why the government is acting to reduce the severity of collisions and the easiest way to do this is by reducing speed.

Hi, I?m new to this forum and new to the area. This is sort of my field (yawn). I have only had a quick scan of this thread so sorry if I repeat anything. These blanket 20mph zones are a bit of a gimmick at the moment. Royal Borough of Kingston is currently doing the same, to the dismay of the police. 20mph zones are unenforceable under the current highway act unless the local chief constable agrees to police it, which they haven?t for Kingston?. so probably not for Southwark? Ideally a 20mph zone should be self enforcing i.e. it is difficult for traffic to exceed this limit by the use speed control features usually placed at 60 metre centres. Obviously installing speed bumps, raised tables etcetera on the whole of the Boroughs? roads will be expensive, not suitable for some and controversial on others. So they will end up doing what Kingston has by chucking up lots of signs instead. So if the zone is not enforceable by the police and not self-enforcing what is the point? Sounds like a gimmick to me. I saw someone talking about 50mph limits on dual carriageways. This is not usually done on safety grounds but capacity you can get more traffic through the network at lower speeds at peak times owing to the shorter headway distances required. Take the M25 variable speed limit for example.