Friday, September 25, 2009
Get out the cotton wool boys!
Oh, the signs are ready. The main A48 dual carriageway into and out of Cardiff - Eastern Avenue - is to have a 50 mph permanent speed restriction imposed. This is a good road into and out of our city. There are no traffic lights, no roundabouts and no pedestrians. It is a regular dual carriageway with only entry slip and exit slip roads. There are no perpendicular junctions or crossroads. Looking at this dual carriageway you can understand why it has the National Speed Limit of 70 mph for cars and motorcycles.
So, what bright spark in Cardiff Council has decided to impose a permanent 50 mph on this good dual carriageway? National Speed Limits are made from our elected national government. I can see no reason for a reduced speed limit of 50 mph on this good dual carriageway road. I can see nothing wrong with cars and motorcycles travelling at up to 70 mph on this road as they would on similar roads throughout the UK. There is simply no need for a 50 mph limit on this road. What is going to happen at 3 o'clock in the morning? A squirrel is squashed, big deal.
Everything has to be paid for and increased journey times add extra costs to business which are passed onto the customer, you and me. There is a trend going on where local councils throughout the UK are imposing lower speed restrictions within their boundaries. The result of this is that slowly the democratically decided National Speed Limits for cars and motorcycles of 70 mph on dual carriageways and 60 mph on single carriageways are being reduced by stealth to 50 mph without any discussion among our elected representatives. What next, cotton wool bags being delivered by our councils in case you scratch your arm on a bush in a local park?
Oh, the signs are ready. The main A48 dual carriageway into and out of Cardiff - Eastern Avenue - is to have a 50 mph permanent speed restriction imposed. This is a good road into and out of our city. There are no traffic lights, no roundabouts and no pedestrians. It is a regular dual carriageway with only entry slip and exit slip roads. There are no perpendicular junctions or crossroads. Looking at this dual carriageway you can understand why it has the National Speed Limit of 70 mph for cars and motorcycles.
So, what bright spark in Cardiff Council has decided to impose a permanent 50 mph on this good dual carriageway? National Speed Limits are made from our elected national government. I can see no reason for a reduced speed limit of 50 mph on this good dual carriageway road. I can see nothing wrong with cars and motorcycles travelling at up to 70 mph on this road as they would on similar roads throughout the UK. There is simply no need for a 50 mph limit on this road. What is going to happen at 3 o'clock in the morning? A squirrel is squashed, big deal.
Everything has to be paid for and increased journey times add extra costs to business which are passed onto the customer, you and me. There is a trend going on where local councils throughout the UK are imposing lower speed restrictions within their boundaries. The result of this is that slowly the democratically decided National Speed Limits for cars and motorcycles of 70 mph on dual carriageways and 60 mph on single carriageways are being reduced by stealth to 50 mph without any discussion among our elected representatives. What next, cotton wool bags being delivered by our councils in case you scratch your arm on a bush in a local park?
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