Lovacott
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Agree that Holland is a tin pot country but the topography is rather different to the UK.
A lot of my workmates dusted off their bikes during lockdown number one and most of them loved it apart from the "bloody hills".
Agree that Holland is a tin pot country but the topography is rather different to the UK.
Some are 70mph, but I don't know of any rural roads with a limit below 60mph.Not all rural roads are NSL
Quite a few in North Suffolk/ Norfolk now with 40/50 limits. It's very tedious sometimes trying to get around for work, especially if it's holiday season with overcrowded roads. Bearing in mind I'm two hours drive away from the nearest motorway in any direction, I don't have too much of an issue with 60 nsl of rural roads. You'd be doing well to get anywhere close to that.Some are 70mph, but I don't know of any rural roads with a limit below 60mph.
Don't you just plug it in when you get home and remote control the charging?The problem with PHEVs is it's very easy to not charge the battery from the mains supply overnight: "Meh, it's too cold out there, I'll charge it another day". Unless one is disciplined to charge the vehicle.
Bizarrely, the A/B roads are getting 40 and 50 limits while the C and unclassified roads are being left at 60, which is insane and having predictable results with satnavs directing more and more drivers onto wider C roads to avoid parallel 40/50mph A roads!Quite a few in North Suffolk/ Norfolk now with 40/50 limits. It's very tedious sometimes trying to get around for work, especially if it's holiday season with overcrowded roads. Bearing in mind I'm two hours drive away from the nearest motorway in any direction, I don't have too much of an issue with 60 nsl of rural roads. You'd be doing well to get anywhere close to that.
Interesting!Quite a few in North Suffolk/ Norfolk now with 40/50 limits...................................................., I don't have too much of an issue with 60 nsl of rural roads. You'd be doing well to get anywhere close to that.
I'd like to think that is the reason for some councils installing 40 limits :-)Interesting!
It's the drivers trying to maintain 60 on roads where 40 would be more appropriate that trouble me.
I live rurally and people try to do 60 on roads that aren’t suitable for the limit, funny thing is people see the limits as the target.Interesting!
It's the drivers trying to maintain 60 on roads where 40 would be more appropriate that trouble me.
If England, then the roads are for the county council to fix and the law stops other councils messing with it. All a parish council can do there is repair the verge and stop dogs shooting on it, pretty much.I have complained about the road and corner loads but parish council said unless someone is killed they won’t do anything about it.
Totally agree. I fear a similar phenomenon to our experience with a 20 limit in our village would occur where speeds have actually increased (according to the parish council/community speedwatch guys). It’s reported that it’s largely due to drivers assuming the vehicles coming towards them are going more slowly and accelerating to bets them to the gap to save waiting. The other issue is policing it, of course.Interesting!
It's the drivers trying to maintain 60 on roads where 40 would be more appropriate that trouble me.
It’s England and true Parish council can’t do anything really, the county don’t care either as they have been spoken to before, and there is a primary school on the same road.If England, then the roads are for the county council to fix and the law stops other councils messing with it. All a parish council can do there is repair the verge and stop dogs shooting on it, pretty much.
I just can't help it Doctor.Then dont do it
A lower speed limit normally means more cars fit because the stopping distances decrease (which is how variable speed limit zones work), so how can it have increased congestion?an increase in congestion on that stretch of road,
They need catching and removing from the roads before they hurt or kill someone. If lower limits means they out themselves, great!frustrated drivers and some attempting stupid overtakes that they would never have done with the higher limit and vehicles travelling at potentially higher speeds.
Yup. Not very intuitive, but very true!lower speed limit normally means more cars fit because the stopping distances decrease (which is how variable speed limit zones work), so how can it have increased congestion?