Scotland speed limit review and consultation

[Steve_M]

The title includes the term “consultation”. Yes, there’s a survey but I don’t anticipate much weight will be given to “60mph is safe on most stretches of single carriageways” responses.

 

Living close to the Scottish Borders, and Dumfries and Galloway, these will impact some of my routes. However, most of my riding is done on minor roads where the lower speed limits are irrelevant.

 

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[Fiddlesticks]

Agreed. Where I am they consulted on 20mph zones, then ignored the massive majority against them. Will fill it in anyway.

[bonio]

This bit says it all

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Scotland's Road Safety Framework to 2030 (2030 framework) sets out a vision for Scotland to have the best road safety performance in the world by 2030 and an ambitious long-term goal where no one is seriously injured or killed on our roads by 2050.

If they're your goals, those speed limits for sure aren't staying where they are now.

 

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

By 2050 we'll  be riding horse and carts anyway.

[curlylegend]

3 hours ago, Mississippi Bullfrog said:

By 2050 we'll  be riding horse and carts anyway.

No horses, that will violate their rights.

[S-Westerly]

4 hours ago, bonio said:

This bit says it all

If they're your goals, those speed limits for sure aren't staying where they are now.

 

If those are the goals probably looking at 10 mph.

[Simon Davey]

39 minutes ago, S-Westerly said:

If those are the goals probably looking at 10 mph.

 

Yes, because that would then mean speed was reduced to the same level as ignorance and stupidity that so many incompetent drivers achieve. 

Instead of appropriate training, they'll reduce the speed limit. There will be the same accidents, just at a lower speed. Why not just reduce the accident rate in the first place. 

[husoi]

6 hours ago, S-Westerly said:

If those are the goals probably looking at 10 mph.

More like everyone will be walking like...

 

5 years to get the roads surfacing  to Spanish quality?

Everything is solved by cutting speed limit but never mind teaching people that you can't cross 3 lanes to exit a motorway.

Or teach how to drive in the rain or snow. Oh wait global warming will stop snow in Scotland...

Then you have idiots moving lanes because someone is coming up a slip road and they think the road belongs to them.

Next they will ban driving on weekends because that's when all the morons who don't do anything during the week come to the "Sunday drive"