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‘Speeding Epidemic’ Is Inevitable Result Of Inappropriate Speed Limits
Today’s RAC report that the numbers of motorists admitting to breaking
speed limits has increased should come as no surprise, say leading
drivers group The Association of British Drivers.ABD Chairman Brian Gregory explained: “As local authorities, urged on
by the government, continue to ratchet down speed limits, often against
police advice and in contravention of tried and tested principles, more
and more drivers who are setting their speeds quite safely for the
traffic conditions are finding themselves outside the law .Gregory continued: “The ABD have long predicted that this cavalier
attitude to speed limit setting would result in disrespect for the law.
This is clearly occurring as the RAC claim 57 per cent of drivers now
break the motorway speed limit and almost two-thirds break 30mph speed
limits. The danger of this is not in drivers exceeding improperly set
limits but in the destruction of a very useful road safety tool. Drivers
used to see a limit and know there was a high probability it was there
for a reason. Nowadays limits are so often put in without good reason
that drivers will simply ignore them”.The ABD has called for a body of experts from a traffic policing and
road engineering background to take over the task of setting speed limits
and for it to be taken out of the hands of local politicians. However,
the Department for Transport instead seems mindful to give local
authorities powers to further destroy this important road safety tool by
scrapping current guidelines for speed limit setting.ABD spokesman Nigel Humphries said: “The RAC’s claim that speed is the
“cause of one-third of all fatal accidents” is misleading. Firstly
’cause’ and ‘contributory factor’ are very different things. The RAC
appear to be confusing the two. The bulk of crashes involving speed as a
contributory factor occur within the speed limit such as taking a corner
too fast in slippery conditions. They also include drunk,drugged and
unlicenced drivers, those in stolen cars and police on pursuit and
emergency work. The Sober, legally registered driver who causes a crash
whilst travelling above the speed limit is a rare animal indeed”.**************************************************
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