Excessive Speeds Through Housing Estate

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  • stator
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    If you get run over by a car doing 30mph on the road then it's your fault.
    30mph isn't fast.
    Stop, look, listen.
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  • unforeseen
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    AdrianC wrote: »
    Remember your driving test?

    Default speed limits always apply, unless there are sufficient regular reminders to make a different limit apply.
    Default is 30 if there are regular streetlights, NSL if there aren't.

    Legitimate, and properly signed, 20mph limits ARE enforceable - but should be self-enforcing through road furniture and speed calming measures. Many forces have chosen not to enforce them, but ACPO guidelines are that they should be enforced.

    http://www.roadsafetygb.org.uk/news/2709.html

    It all depends on whether the LA has classified it as a 'restricted road'. If not then the 30MPH limit does not apply
  • janninew
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    Johno100 wrote: »
    But who put the signs up? I'd hazard a guess it was probably the developers when they finished building the estate, if so they've no more standing than those 5, 10 or 15mph signs you see in supermarket car parks.

    I never saw who put the signs up as they are at the front of the estate and just appeared when I was at work. They say '20mph zone' and are similar to others in the area. We had small speed limit signs when the developers were still building but these all were branded with the company logo and have now been removed.
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  • janninew
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    stator wrote: »
    If you get run over by a car doing 30mph on the road then it's your fault.
    30mph isn't fast.
    Stop, look, listen.

    No idea what this post is about. Who is getting run over at 30mph?
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  • pompeyrich
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    edited 17 May 2017 at 5:51PM
    Not sure if you can set up on a "private road" but the Community speedwatch scheme seems to be catching on around Hampshire and might act as a deterrent in your area. My link appears to be for Sussex and Surrey but pretty sure it is a nationwide scheme

    They can report speeders and although this only leads to a warning letter from plod, it seems persistent offenders may be prosecuted and if a lot of speeding is noted the occasional "proper copper" lays in wait.
  • forgotmyname
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    What have the parks and football pitches got to do with the speeding? Are cars speeding through the park and pitch?

    If you fear for children playing out, maybe start a campaign to get parents to teach their children to cross the road?

    So you admit to speeding yourself but its wrong for others to do the same?
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  • KrankieLad
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    We have them all over town and hardly anyone seems to stick to the limit. I do but get more frustrated by those tailgating because they don't like the fact you stick to the limit.
  • janninew
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    What have the parks and football pitches got to do with the speeding? Are cars speeding through the park and pitch?

    If you fear for children playing out, maybe start a campaign to get parents to teach their children to cross the road?

    So you admit to speeding yourself but its wrong for others to do the same?

    As I've already said a car has crossed the pavement and crashed into a corner house, so even pedestrians on pavements aren't safe.

    Yes I'll admit to speeding on the motorway, I've probably reached speeds of 80mph on the motorway along with many motorists, I'd never speed in a built up residential area which is heavily populated with young children.
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  • forgotmyname
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    I wonder if they were drunk and not speeding?

    You could move, where i lived and grew up the roads were 30 and 40mph and nobody got run over.
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  • Norman_Castle
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    edited 18 May 2017 at 8:48AM
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