Southwark plans to be 1st London council to be 20mph thru-out

[SeanMacGabhann]

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?

[skidmarks]

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.

[skidmarks]

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]

Same here Skidmarks. I'm doing some R.C framework at the mo. What do you specialize in.

[skidmarks]

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

[SeanMacGabhann]

I think I still have the book knocking around if you want to borrow it, skid

[skidmarks]

SeanMacGabhann Wrote:

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> I think I still have the book knocking around if

> you want to borrow it, skid

cheers

[Huguenot]

If someone wants Politics 101 I've got it too.

Somewhere in it, it points out that we don't just issue laws because people think they're attractive. ;-)

[????]

I don't have a problem with this law..there,I said it

[SeanMacGabhann]

Quids, meet me and Hugeuneot at the Castle next Tuesday for our next tactical session

[Huguenot]

Bring a monkey wrench and a screwdriver.

Also Liber AL vel Legis, sub figura CCXX, as delivered by XCIII=418 to DCLXVI

Crowley was a prat though.

[????]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8406569.stm

Huzzah

[PeckhamRose]

Yup, only a matter of time till we are not allowed to make any judgement, decisions or develop any common sense whatsoever. Hoorah!