Returned back from a trip to Cambridge at the weekend for a wedding. All went well, bride and groom got hitched as expected, and the M6 Toll is a road of dreams!
Anyway, the town we were in is a 'new town' called Cambourne. All over the housing estates are speed limit signs stating the speed limit is 19! They were proper white signs with a red outer ring, so I assume they are legally enforceable.
Looking at my speedo, 19mph seems to equate to 30kph. Are we sliding a bit further into Europe without me noticing?!
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It's those crazy propertt developers, showing that whilst it's acceptable to sling up new build towns with no redeeming features, it's ok as long as you kick the motorists twixt the legs:
"Bemused drivers are slowed by new signs DRIVERS in Cambourne may have been scratching their heads but they have been driving slower, according to the village's developers. Speed signs with a difference installed on the village's private roads urge drivers to keep within a 19 mph speed limit. There are currently around 20 speed restriction signs on Cambourne's roads, which developers describe as winding and difficult to gather speed on. Gail Taylor, press officer for the developers, said the new signs had an immediate and noticeable effect. She said: "The reason for having a 19 mile per hour limit is to attract attention to the signs as it is an unusual number." Despite the reported success of the scheme David Brace, team leader of traffic management at Cambridgeshire County Council, said the county council would not endorse the speed restriction. "At the moment the roads are privately-owned so it's up to the developers to impose whatever restrictions they want. "If the county council does adopt the roads we would not accept a speed limit which was not a conventional number," he added. Dr Donald Laming, senior university lecturer in Cambridge University's psychology department, said the idea worked on the same principle as the 99p pricing system in shops. He said: "If I see something for £12.99 I think it costs £13." He said he was not aware of any professional studies indicating the success of such tactics but his opinion, as a layman, was the signs might work and only studying drivers' behaviour would reveal the true picture."
Taken from www.cambourne.info/index1.html
No Dosh
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As far as I am aware the UK went metric many years ago we prosecute traders who do sell there wares in gramms ,fuel is in Litres,drinks in pubs are in fact sold in litres or part of.So why do we have road signs in miles and MPH .surley it would be a good case to bring against speed camaras .If you can prosecute a market trader for selling goods in lbs and ounces surely we can prosecute the MOT for illegal signs.
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Speed limits and distances are not subject to any laws regarding metrification. Quite the reverse, in fact. local councils who have on occasion used metric measurements for distance signs have been ordered to replace them with imperial measurements, and if you present a vehicle for an MoT with a speedo showing only KPH it will not pass.
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"drinks in pubs are in fact sold in litres or part of"
I don't know about yours, but my landlord still serves pints. Anomalous, I know, but then I still make a point of asking for goods in pounds and ounces at the deli...
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Are we sliding a bit further into Europe without me noticing?!
Yes, but that's a different thread entirely......(on a different discussion forum, no doubt!)
How ridiculous. How many cars have a speedo that will tell you 19mph? (911, for one, but that's about it AFAIK)
How many have a speedo that shows 20mph? All of them.
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Might it be a version of pricing psychology? 19mph does sound less than 20. Hope it doesn't catch on, though...
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I could well be wrong, but I would think that speed limits on private roads have no official status or relevance unless the landowner has given permission for a local council to promote a Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) initiative.
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