Heard this on Radio 4 this morning:
Plans to cut traffic speed limits
Proposals to bring down speed limits in areas where there is a higher risk of accidents have been announced by the government's road safety minister.
Reductions from 30mph to 20mph in urban locations and 60mph to 50mph in the countryside are being considered.
Jim Fitzpatrick said the way people learn to drive and how they are tested is also set for major reform.
The plans are part of a new strategy to reduce road deaths in England and Wales by one-third by 2020.
More HERE
What I love is how governments always seem to suggest that their speed limiting measures have cut road deaths and injuries, when in the vast majority of cases it's because vehicles have got safer. Many fewer car drivers are killed or seirously injured because of all the airbags etc fitted, yet governments would have us believe it's because of all the speed limits they've instigated.
Simple thing to do is don't vote them back in, stand up for your rights, and take a leaf out of the French book when it comes to protesting. Why are there no wheel clamps in France? Because everyone took it upon themselves to carry a small tube of superglue and glue up the lock of EVERY wheel clamp they saw. Sure it was a pain if it was your car the clampers couldn't release, but it was more of a pain (and cost) for them to have to cut every car out. Result: People 1 - Wheel clamps 0.
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