I, personally, (IMHO as they say these days) think that driving at 30 mph is far too fast down Cranfield High Street or anywhere else in the village.
It is particularly the case when school is opening up and parents and children are heading towards Court Road. It's not just the six and seven year olds I'm worried about. It's the three and four year olds who don't go to 'big school' yet but want to walk along with older brother or sister. So this charming little gaggle, with maybe a dog in tow, make their way up past Enoch's and the Cross Keys, negotiate the crossing and then head into Court Road.
I watch them like a hawk when I'm driving. You just do not know when someone is going to take a hop, skip and a jump into the middle of the road. So I would support official 20 mph limits around the village for those who are not motivated in the same way. See the report from the Rural Services Network below about a debate last Wednesday in the House of Commons regarding speed limits. Others are thinking along the same lines.
THE controversial issue of reducing rural speed limits is to be debated by MPs.
Speed limits in rural Lincolnshire will be the subject of an adjournment debate tabled by Sleaford and North Hykeham MP Stephen Phillips on Wednesday (9 January).
Guidance to local authorities making it easier for them to implement lower speed limits on urban and rural roads was published by the government last year.
Road safety charity Brake believes the government to go further by proactively encouraging lower limits, especially widespread 20mph limits to protect people on foot and bicycle.
Brake awarded Mr Phillips its Road Safety Parliamentarian of the Month Award a little over a year ago, for his work to reduce speed limits on local roads.
The award was made came after he campaigned for reduced speed limits on rural roads through two villages in his constituency.
Brake insists road crashes are not accidents – describing them instead as devastating and preventable events, rather than chance mishaps.
"Calling them accidents undermines work to make roads safer, and can cause insult to families whose lives have been torn apart by needless casualties," it says.
But critics claim reducing speed limits will hit the rural economy by increasing journey times with little benefit in accident reduction.
Brake argues that lower speed limits improve safety and quality of life.
The charity wants 20mph to be the norm in towns and villages, with no more than 40-50mph on rural roads.
Visit Brake
http://www.rsnonline.org.uk/community/mps-to-debate-rural-speed-limit
It is particularly the case when school is opening up and parents and children are heading towards Court Road. It's not just the six and seven year olds I'm worried about. It's the three and four year olds who don't go to 'big school' yet but want to walk along with older brother or sister. So this charming little gaggle, with maybe a dog in tow, make their way up past Enoch's and the Cross Keys, negotiate the crossing and then head into Court Road.
I watch them like a hawk when I'm driving. You just do not know when someone is going to take a hop, skip and a jump into the middle of the road. So I would support official 20 mph limits around the village for those who are not motivated in the same way. See the report from the Rural Services Network below about a debate last Wednesday in the House of Commons regarding speed limits. Others are thinking along the same lines.
THE controversial issue of reducing rural speed limits is to be debated by MPs.
Speed limits in rural Lincolnshire will be the subject of an adjournment debate tabled by Sleaford and North Hykeham MP Stephen Phillips on Wednesday (9 January).
Guidance to local authorities making it easier for them to implement lower speed limits on urban and rural roads was published by the government last year.
Road safety charity Brake believes the government to go further by proactively encouraging lower limits, especially widespread 20mph limits to protect people on foot and bicycle.
Brake awarded Mr Phillips its Road Safety Parliamentarian of the Month Award a little over a year ago, for his work to reduce speed limits on local roads.
The award was made came after he campaigned for reduced speed limits on rural roads through two villages in his constituency.
Brake insists road crashes are not accidents – describing them instead as devastating and preventable events, rather than chance mishaps.
"Calling them accidents undermines work to make roads safer, and can cause insult to families whose lives have been torn apart by needless casualties," it says.
But critics claim reducing speed limits will hit the rural economy by increasing journey times with little benefit in accident reduction.
Brake argues that lower speed limits improve safety and quality of life.
The charity wants 20mph to be the norm in towns and villages, with no more than 40-50mph on rural roads.
Visit Brake
http://www.rsnonline.org.uk/community/mps-to-debate-rural-speed-limit
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