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Path: number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!postnews.google.com!s39g2000prd.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Message-ID: <43fcb0d5-3e7e-4ae6-b073-ca62ea02d09f@s39g2000prd.googlegroups.com> From: Nuxx Bar  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Speed Limits: How Low Is Too Low? Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:21:13 -0700 (PDT) Lines: 32 Organization: http://groups.google.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 88.105.204.241 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1256 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1208114473 29034 127.0.0.1 (13 Apr 2008 19:21:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:21:13 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: s39g2000prd.googlegroups.com; posting-host=88.105.204.241; posting-account=7_6kYAkAAABD6HrjM0VxehwvZOKMxm4g User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-GB; rv:1.8.1.13) Gecko/20080311 Firefox/2.0.0.13,gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Bytes: 2645 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:647020

It seems to me that every single time a speed limit is lowered, the trolls say it's "perfectly fair". Would this just go on indefinitely, however far a speed limit was lowered? If not, where does it stop, and why?

Many in-town speed limits, which were previously 30 or 40, have now been lowered to 20. "Perfectly fair" growl the trolls in each and every case. So what about 19, 18, 15, or 10? 5? 1?  Are they "perfectly fair", or do accidents suddenly magically stop at 20? Which limit is "low enough", and why?

Many out of town single carriageway stretches, previously NSL, are now 50 or even 40. "Perfectly fair" apparently. So, how low is "low enough" on these roads, and why? What about ex-NSL dual carriageway stretches which are now 60, 50 or even 40? What about motorways? How low can you go?

I can't wait to find out the answer. Do the trolls want every road to have a 1mph limit, or would they be happy with us zooming around at 20mph everywhere (wow, how generous of them)? And is there a scientific reason for whatever levels they come up with, or is it just down to sheer blind prejudice (as if I need to even ask)? Will the trolls agree with each other, or will they differ on the exact speeds at which motorists should suddenly start being labelled child- murderers (no matter what the conditions)? It's so exciting!

(Gets ready for trollisms like "I don't hate motorists, I just think they should be made to go slower than cyclists"....)

Thanks in advance

Blobby Frightcycles