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Path: num2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!num1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!number.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!postnews.google.com!r4g2000vbq.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Message-ID: <622f26d5-3042-462e-b552-c739113a7253@r4g2000vbq.googlegroups.com> From: Nuxx Bar  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling,uk.rec.driving Subject: Re: Government Could Raise Speed Limit Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:42:26 -0700 (PDT) References: <1a7ccd90-8c19-4ae0-8dd2-b558e0e59f69@e8g2000vbz.googlegroups.com> <4d7e2ba9$0$31611$c3e8da3$fe04f72@news.astraweb.com> <978d477a-0c81-473b-9d9e-c40f49c9348b@k38g2000vbn.googlegroups.com> <7buvn6pq83nrncpd0e72njvkjipb5mqbfg@4ax.com> Lines: 22 Organization: http://groups.google.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.71.49.124 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1300236146 1614 127.0.0.1 (16 Mar 2011 00:42:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:42:26 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: r4g2000vbq.googlegroups.com; posting-host=82.71.49.124; posting-account=7_6kYAkAAABD6HrjM0VxehwvZOKMxm4g User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110303 Firefox/3.6.15,gzip(gfe) Bytes: 2585 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:802532

On Mar 15, 11:46=A0pm, Phil W Lee  wrote: > FrengaX  considered Mon, 14 Mar 2011 > 08:35:06 -0700 (PDT) the perfect time to write: > > > >As long as such 20mph limits are only in force during school hours, > >e.g. indicated by flashing lights. There's nothing more ridiculous > >than having to crawl past a school at 20mph at 3am, or in the middle > >of the summer holidays (provided there are no extra-curricular > >activities going on at the time). > > Seems to me that most drivers could do with some practice at keeping > the speed under 20mph. =A0It should be the default in built up areas > (where most pedestrians and cyclists can be expected). > It would be easily the most effective way of reducing road casualties > available, and would be virtually free to implement, if you went about > it the right way.

So there we have it. Phil Lee wants drivers to be prosecuted for travelling at 24mph at 3am in all built-up areas. That's on top of wanting to frame anecdotally "dangerous" taxi drivers for kiddie- fiddling. There's a lot of competition but I think Phil Knee may just be *the* most anti-car poster on uk.*.