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It has been reported in the local press that the 50MPH speed limit, campaigned by local councillers from Ringwood, has been rejected following lack of support by the police. Out of 59 accidents over the last 3 years only two were put down to speed.

I thought one of the comments reported from a coucillor when he conceded that, "although lowering the speed limit would have been a relatively cheap and easy to implement it may not be the solution needed", shows what is wrong with present thinking, just do something that is cheap but don't worry if it is not the correct solution.

Well at least they took notice of the Police's opinion, which is what seems to be a thing of the past for most councils these days.

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My views do not represent Safespeed but those of a driver who has driven for 39 yrs, in all conditions, at all times of the day & night on every type of road and covered well over a million miles, so knows a bit about what makes for safety on the road,what is really dangerous and needs to be observed when driving and quite frankly, the speedo is way down on my list of things to observe to negotiate Britain's roads safely, but I don't expect some fool who sits behind a desk all day to appreciate that.

The local campaign to get the limit reduced on this section of road was given a gift by the recent death of a 16 year old girl who was involved in an accident on her moped. However, it would appear that the incident was not speed related other than lack of experience on her part in taking her 30mph limited scooter onto a very busy NSL dual carriageway. The driver who hit her was uninsured, had been disqualified and, unsurprisingly, did a hit and run in his Volvo XC90.

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/1050151 ... ade_Clark/

An unfortunate incident but I am glad that the usual knee-jerk reaction was not carried out.

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Malcolm W.
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Strange - nationwide , police have rejected a lot of limit lowering ,but tghe County officers have over ridden this. Has the tide turned with councillors getting back in the speed driving seat.

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lets bring sanity back to speed limits.
Drivers are like donkeys -they respond best to a carrot, not a stick .Road safety experts are like Asses - best kept covered up ,or sat on

I think this is a road controlled by the Highways Agency, not the local council. The HA are in general more resistant to inappropriate limits.

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"Show me someone who says that they have never exceeded a speed limit, and I'll show you a liar, or a menace." (Austin Williams - Director, Transport Research Group)

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