Following yesterday's combined effort of Lancashire's community road watch team and the local Neighbourhood Policing Team in the speed awareness event, these statistics were gathered:

Site: Asmall Lane / Cottage Lane (20mph)
Throughput: 290
Offences: 15
Speed: 10
Fastest Speed: 34
Seat Belts: 5
Mobiles: 0

Site: Yew Tree Road (20mph)
Throughput: 171
Offences: 43
Speed: 38
Fastest Speed: 31
Seat Belts: 5
Mobiles: 0

So 461 cars and the fastest speed was 34mph - in what were formerly 30mph limit roads - have they nothing better to do than to police the pathetic 20mph limits.

My thoughts exactly, a complete waste ad time and our money.

The Officers shown (PCSO's), are doing exactly what they are paid to do - community driven activity.
The research shows that when pedestrians come into contact with moving vehicles survival is increased and injuries are less severe at 20 mph.
The roads used in these exercises are not so long that it wouldn't put more than a couple of minutes on anyone's journey along them which is small price to pay if it avoids death or serious injury.

I really do despair of the 'Victor Meldrew' types on this forum who can't see past their own speedometer.

Out of the grand total, no uninsured, no out of mot, none using mobiles, not one of those drivers would have even been noticed under the 30 mph limits, let's move the goalposts in order to entrap more drivers.

There is no suggestion that any drivers were driving dangerously under the conditions, merely contravening someone's concept that anything travelling faster than 20 mph is automatically a menace.

Bring back the man with the red flag, ban cars from most streets and the 20's plenty brigade will find something else to blame the driver for, pathetic !!!!!!!

Yes its finally coming, the enforcement of the 20mph zone.
Now the Taxis, buses and the police will have to do twenty, because they have not done so before, along with 90% of drivers.
The coffers will fill, and that's all that matter, isn't it.

Originally Posted by gazaprop

I really do despair of the 'Victor Meldrew' types on this forum who can't see past their own speedometer.

You can't afford to look past your speedo anymore in case you commit the heinous crime of straying a few mph over the ever-decreasing speed limit....