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Proposed lower speed limits around Taplow and Burnham

Having read the information in Burnham Library, I cannot help but feel that some of the proposed changes around the Burnham and Taplow area will serve no purpose other than to frustrate drivers who use these roads during quieter periods of the day. Reading the "supporting information" which shows the Council's thinking on this matter, it is clear that some of the reductions are based on conjecture and subjectivity: although the number of accidents per million vehicle kilometres has been given for some of the recommendations, some of them are terribly vague, area Ref no 10 (Dorney Wood Road) being a case in point, where a cut from 60 to 30 is suggested:

"Not meet DfT criteria for a reduction to 30, but 40 limit likely to seem incongruous..."

at which point, the comment tails off and is not printed. It seems the accidents and average/85th percentile speeds are only given when they help the cause.

Regular users of these roads are capable of judging the safe speed to use. The ones who drive recklessly as to whether injury will be caused will continue to do so without expensive enforcement in any case, regardless of the posted limit.

Please take a read of the supporting information and come to your own conclusion. If I have any support here, I will write a joint letter, even though the deadline has passed.
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George Cook said,

Friday, January 25. 2008 at 14:13 (Link) (Reply)

Having read the related gibberish published by the BCC Highways Department, I have to say that, from what I can decipher, I agree with you entirely. The proposals for lowering speed limits, while laudible in their desire to stop accidents, are somewhat excessive in many places (dropping limits from 60 to 30 is ludicrous in the extreme), and the evidence used to back it up is, at best, sketchy and poorly chosen. This wouldn't be the first time that BCC have decided to do something with the highways, and have pushed it through without really thinking about it or organising it properly. Just think of the complete and total hash they managed to make of the traffic management at Handy Cross...


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