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Differing speed zones
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What Next?
A man in front of the car waving a white flag? Where is the common sense in 10 different speed zones? Do you always know what the speed limit is wherever you are?
We must drive at a safe speed and obey the other road rules. To have speed limits constantly changing can be very confusing and stressful especially, if on unfamiliar roads and you’ve missed a sign post. On any trip now it’s not “ARE WE THERE YET?” but “WHAT SPEED IS IT HERE?”
Normal experienced good drivers don’t need the signs. They drive at a safe speed for the conditions. Those that don’t drive SAFELY need to be punished. This is by police who need to be able to use a bit of discretion. If an officer in a patrol car sees someone driving in an unsafe manner they should be able to take appropriate action, whatever the speed. Booking a driver doing 55km/h in a deserted section of a 50km/h posted road does nothing but cause animosity. However it can be highly dangerous and yet technically legal to drive at 50km/h through a busy suburban shopping centre. We need common sense law enforcement.
The mish-mash collection of speed zones we have now makes criminals of us all. I’ve yet to see anyone do 10 km/h in the “shared zone” in Eton St Sutherland.Which raises a question.
Can someone tell me who is at fault if a car runs over a pedestrian who uses the speed humps in the "shared zone" as a pretend pedestrian crossing, the driver , the pedestrian, the council or the ratepayer.
It wasn’t so long ago when we had 3 speed limits, 35 mph in the city, LSZ (limited speed zone) on the outskirts of town and unlimited speed out of town.
There’s no fun in just going for a drive anymore.
Give the good sensible drivers a bit of slack.
This entry was posted on 11 Dec 2004 at 06:58 by hstephens and is filed under All, Differing speed zones.