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- From: rap@bnr.co.uk (Richard Porter)
- Newsgroups: uk.transport
- Subject: Speed Limits and Humps
- Date: 25 Jan 1993 14:01:12 GMT
- Organization: BNR Europe Limited
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- References: <1993Jan18.153127.13273@praxis.co.uk> <1993Jan22.125313.6927@spider.co.uk> <1993Jan22.135937.29548@lut.ac.uk>
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- In article <1993Jan22.135937.29548@lut.ac.uk> T.I.Morley@lut.ac.uk
- (TI Morley) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan22.125313.6927@spider.co.uk> jmorris@spider.co.uk
- (John Morris) writes:
-
- >>I think you are restricting the use of "inappropriate" to the safety aspects.
- >>I live in a house which fronts directly onto a main road, and the bedroom
- >>is at the front of the house. A car at 45mph is quite a lot louder than one
- >>at 30mph - and it really p***** me off when the gentle drift into sleep
- >>gets rudely aborted by some inconsiderate oaf who drives through fast
- >>because "there is nobody about."
-
- >Yes I second this point. I think that the noise made by cars is a very
- >good reason for enforcing speed limits.
-
- This got me thinking about some so-called "traffic calmiing" methods. They
- have recently introduced a series of humps in the middle of a village I
- frequently pass through, so instead of pootling through at a steady 30 in
- top I find I am now continually accelerating and slowing down in second, which
- must make a lot more noise for the residents. Moreover, instead of looking
- out for children, stray animals, elderly pedestrians, etc. my concentration
- is partially diverted to looking for the next hump and adjusting my speed
- to the optimum for the suspension. Is this really a contribution to road
- safety?
-
- Richard Porter
-