Dorsetmike
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I contend that speed limits are useless unless rigorously policed. the A31 at Ringwood has had a number of serious accidents, partly due to a couple of places where the road layout is bad, but mostly due to excessive speed.
A lot of the traffic has been travelling down the M3/M27 motorways followed by fairly good dual carriage way over the New Forest, the dual carriageway continues past Ringwood and for some miles beyond.
The speed limit is the national 70MPH but frequently exceeded by a considerable amount, the locals are all calling for a 50MPH limit over a stretch of about 3 miles; to my mind a few speed cameras and a bit more police presence would curb those exceeding 70MPH which would solve most of the problems, closing one joining road, or providing it with a much longer slip road would also help.
A 50 MPH limit will have little or no effect without some strong deterrent added. On some 40MPH and 50MPH dual carriage ways there are speed cameras in town, traffic still travels at 60+ and slows for the cameras, then speeds up again. Some numpties who don't know the area, tailgate and often get caught out when the local in front throws out the anchor just before the camera.
The sooner they get round to more of the speed cams that check average speed between 2 points the better
A lot of the traffic has been travelling down the M3/M27 motorways followed by fairly good dual carriage way over the New Forest, the dual carriageway continues past Ringwood and for some miles beyond.
The speed limit is the national 70MPH but frequently exceeded by a considerable amount, the locals are all calling for a 50MPH limit over a stretch of about 3 miles; to my mind a few speed cameras and a bit more police presence would curb those exceeding 70MPH which would solve most of the problems, closing one joining road, or providing it with a much longer slip road would also help.
A 50 MPH limit will have little or no effect without some strong deterrent added. On some 40MPH and 50MPH dual carriage ways there are speed cameras in town, traffic still travels at 60+ and slows for the cameras, then speeds up again. Some numpties who don't know the area, tailgate and often get caught out when the local in front throws out the anchor just before the camera.
The sooner they get round to more of the speed cams that check average speed between 2 points the better