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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?

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.

SeanMacGabhann Wrote:

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> 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.

bigbadwolf Wrote:

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> 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

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