On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:46:25 +0100, Graeme
wrote:

The fact that such limits end at local authority borders despite there being
absolutely no difference in road conditions each side of the border.

Oxfordshire's limits were placed on an arbitrary rolling basis, with
the long term aim of the entire network of secondary roads having
50mph limits and the entire network of tertiary roads having 40mph
limits, AIUI. Only trunk roads would retain NSL.

That's just silly. If they think the NSL should be reduced, they
should visibly and openly be campaigning for that on a national basis.
Otherwise, lower limits should only be imposed where accident
statistics or expected accidents actually cause them to make sense.

Interesting observation - people are so conditioned to village speed
limits that the prevailing speed in the village of Mentmore (Bucks I
think) near Tring is about 30-40mph, but it's actually NSL - for some
reason it seems to have escaped having a 30 slapped on it (would be
entirely justified if one was), and it is unlit so doesn't get it by
default, AIUI. The village whose name I forget on the road from
Aylesbury to Wing was similar until about 5 years ago when it got a
40.

Neil
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