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Originally Posted by poopcoupe
Its already happened in Southend. On the Main A127 from Southend to Basildon we now have 50mph restriction for about 10 miles. Nice straight dual carridgeway ruined. The reason for this is the number of deaths on this road. Problem being 95% of the deaths are young drivers in Scooby's and Evo's, but nobody bothered to print that bit.
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Its happening in a lot of places but all there seem to do is put signs up which everone ignores anyway - unless its policed (and I don't mean camera vans or speed cameras) then nothing will change. Ever since the number of police officers on the roads has declined and speed cameras have become the way of life, the ever increase in foreign drivers on the roads (who don't know our rules), mobile phones and Sat Nav so you are watching a screen instead of a road and where you should be going and the driving standards have become awful to the point of you take your life into your own hands now on the road. Its driving standards just as much as speed.
Driving a car is a very serious thing, thats why you have to take a test and being in control of a vehicle is the important thing, it only takes a second of not paying attention by yourself or somelse and you could be dead or injured, like the poor family I had the misfortune of seeing the aftermath of an accident when their A8 was rear-ended into the path of an oncoming lorry. Looked more like an aircraft accident because someone was not concentrating, totally pointless.......
Oooo I think I just had a rant.....
