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Excessive Speeds Through Housing Estate

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  • almillar
    almillar Posts: 8,621 Forumite
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    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.

    Did speed contribute to this crash? Doesn't sound like it. Sounds like a steering/hazard avoidance/inattention problem. Everyone (including you, the residents), shouldn't suffer because of one freak accident.

    If you want speed humps you might want to consider the extra emmisions the children will be breathing in from all the vehicles slowing down and speeding up.
  • fred246
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    It reminds me of an article I read a few years ago. The police had categorized causes of accidents. The commonest cause was 'lost control of the vehicle'. Towards the bottom was 'excessive speed'. Some people used this as 'proof' that speed was not the cause of accidents whereas the reality is that most people lose control because of excessive speed.
    There is an interesting speed bump on the way into my factory. I cycle to the left of the bump and so I'm not affected by it. Some people see a bicycle and have to overtake me. When they see the speed bump they have the option of aborting the overtake or hitting the speed bump at high speed. To be fair most people abort but some are so obsessed by overtaking they carry on. The noise is horrendous. I wonder how much damage is done. I imagine they're company cars. Cars on PCP etc. If you cared for your car you wouldn't do that.
  • AdrianC
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    fred246 wrote: »
    It reminds me of an article I read a few years ago. The police had categorized causes of accidents. The commonest cause was 'lost control of the vehicle'. Towards the bottom was 'excessive speed'. Some people used this as 'proof' that speed was not the cause of accidents whereas the reality is that most people lose control because of excessive speed.
    I remember seeing the original police statistics behind it, compiled at the scene of injury collisions.

    It wasn't _the_ cause, it was _a_ cause. So if somebody "lost control" because of "excessive speed", then "excessive speed" would have been listed as a cause.

    Also, "excessive speed (for the conditions, but within the speed limit)" was not only listed separately to "excessive speed (above the speed limit)", but was a much more common cause.

    Oh, and IIRC the single most common cause? Failing to observe properly at junctions.
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