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20 mph speed limits.
Most urban areas throughout the country have 20 mph speed limits but Surrey county council want to go one step further & introduce 20 mph & 30 mph speed limits on roads that were previously 60 mph speed limits. https://www.localgov.co.uk/UK-first-...ph-roads/54651
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The County Council raising this uses phrases such as ‘single carriageway on
rural roads’. Do they mean two-lane traffic in two opposing lanes, or a single lane road carrying two-way traffic with occasional passing points? Or just bendy bits? There other country routes that defy description as well.
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Having driven on some Surrey roads during the night last week, I suspect this is a case of the council being caring for their citizens so that drivers do not suffer unacceptable discomfort from wheels hitting deep potholes at speed.
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From what I can gather it's to do with the recent Highway Code hierarchy changes whereas priority lies with walkers, cyclist & horse riders before motorist.
If the car driver falls any further down the pecking order they will be lower than a snakes belly in a wagon rut before much longer
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These people will have us back to the horse and cart if they're allowed to.
Next thing they'll be complaining about the traffic jams on the motorways in their county. (even more... I know it can be pretty bad down south there already). How are these idiots being allowed to make these decisions?
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Without wishing to stray into areas that might provoke challenges about personalities in various council categories, I would really like to see the demographics of every council published in order to assess their spread of representation across their field of influence. Oh, and their knowledge and expertise.
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A lot of these things are government mandated to reduce emissions & decarbonise the transport infrastructure towards Net Zero.
https://local.gov.uk/delivering-local-net-zero
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Busses in towns and cities fine.
Busses in rural areas do not cover al the villages and the time tables can make a trip out an "all day" event. It is 8.27am now, the next bus from the town north on me to the village just down the road is 10.05am I think. Checked and double checked a web site. macafee2 Last edited by macafee2; 11th August 2022 at 07:33.. |
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I can see this being a real bone of contention in the not too distant future when the new three part road pricing "car tax" system comes into play, Vehicle type, Mileage covered, Congestion/time of journey. The proposal for the Congestion part of the road pricing said if there is a viable public transport service available for your commute/journey & you didn't use it the price via telematics in the car/street furniture would be recorded & would cost considerably more for that journey.
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