New 10 mph Speed Limit

[bad company]

I thought that the lowest enforceable limit was 20?

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/cars/2126873/...

[alscar]

Supposedly only "temporary 10mph " - for 6 months.

[martinbiz]

If that is just marked on the road surface with no additonal signage then it's advisory and not enforceable

[paul_c123]

Same status as 5mph and 10mph limits in places like shopping centre car parks, motorway services, etc etc.

[bad company]

martinbiz said:

If that is just marked on the road surface with no additonal signage then it's advisory and not enforceable

Interesting, I wasn’t aware of that. When I drive into Stratford, London there’s a section with 20 painted on the road surface but 30 on the upright signs

[chris1roll]

Lol, my speedo's rest position is at 10mph!

[Yellow Lizud]

chris1roll said:

Lol, my speedo's rest position is at 10mph!

You're gonna be in the st then, when they introduce the 5mph limit.

[CoolHands]

chris1roll said:

Lol, my speedo's rest position is at 10mph!

At one time, nobody could conceive that the authorities could be so incredibly thick.

[Kawasicki]

I’m fine with 20 mph on open roads, 10 mph is probably a better option around schools and built up areas. The risk of death to a child struck by a car climbs from 1% at 10 mph to 10% at 20 mph. 10 times higher!

10 mph limits are coming.

[ukwill]

Kawasicki said:

I m fine with 20 mph on open roads

Why are you even on this forum?

[Kawasicki]

ukwill said:

Kawasicki said:

I m fine with 20 mph on open roads

Why are you even on this forum?

Mmmmm… I’m trolling.
Just leave earlier. Safety first and foremost. It’s the few idiots hooning around at 30 mph that ruin it for everyone.

[Cliftonite]

alscar said:

Supposedly only "temporary 10mph " - for 6 months.

That's what they said about the motorway 70mph limit!

[Simpo Two]

We're not far off this:

'The Red Flag Act refers to a British law passed in 1865 (officially the Locomotive Act) that imposed strict regulations on self-propelled vehicles, requiring a person to walk ahead with a red flag to warn others. This law, enacted due to fears of early cars, limited their speed to 2 mph in towns and 4 mph in rural areas.'



Car speedos don't work at 10mph but the people who set the limits wouldn't know that.

[Terminator X]

Kawasicki said:

I m fine with 20 mph on open roads, 10 mph is probably a better option around schools and built up areas. The risk of death to a child struck by a car climbs from 1% at 10 mph to 10% at 20 mph. 10 times higher!

10 mph limits are coming.

1mph safest of all surely.

TX.

[2020vision]

bad company said:

martinbiz said:

If that is just marked on the road surface with no additonal signage then it's advisory and not enforceable

Interesting, I wasn t aware of that. When I drive into Stratford, London there s a section with 20 painted on the road surface but 30 on the upright signs

He isn’t right though.

[martinbiz]

2020vision said:

bad company said:

martinbiz said:

If that is just marked on the road surface with no additonal signage then it's advisory and not enforceable

Interesting, I wasn t aware of that. When I drive into Stratford, London there s a section with 20 painted on the road surface but 30 on the upright signs

He isn t right though.

Explain???

[Wills2]

Kawasicki said:

Mmmmm I m trolling.
Just leave earlier. Safety first and foremost. It s the few idiots hooning around at 30 mph that ruin it for everyone.

TBH I feel like I'm surrounded by that view point every time I'm in the car, they are definitely putting something in the water, Mogadon most likely.

[leggerito]

It does feel like a ‘stunt’ by Islington council. I’ve never heard of 20mph being unsuitable for roadworks before.

It would be nice if London could at least have the option of a competent borough council once in a while.

[ATG]

Terminator X said:

Kawasicki said:

I m fine with 20 mph on open roads, 10 mph is probably a better option around schools and built up areas. The risk of death to a child struck by a car climbs from 1% at 10 mph to 10% at 20 mph. 10 times higher!

10 mph limits are coming.

1mph safest of all surely.

TX.

-5mph would be even safer. That would make the risk negative and start curing children who'd already been run over.

[CanAm]

2020vision said:

bad company said:

martinbiz said:

If that is just marked on the road surface with no additonal signage then it's advisory and not enforceable

Interesting, I wasn't aware of that. When I drive into Stratford, London there s a section with 20 painted on the road surface but 30 on the upright signs

He isn't right though.

I checked on that a few years ago after an interesting roadside conversation with a motor-cycle policeman (who holding a radar gun) when I was 'allegedly' exceeding a 40mph limit marked only on the road surface. The regulations required the usual 40mph repeater signs but, unbeknownst to me, the New Forest and Ashdown Forest had been given an exemption by the Department of Transport (?) as areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.