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Life is getting slower in the country - as rural speed limits are quietly cut by 10mph.
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 1:40 PM on 4th May 2010 Add to My Stories Car lovers who fancy a relaxing drive in the country might want to keep a keen eye on the speed limit signs... or face a mood-changing fine.
Councils across the country have been reviewing the speed limits of around 50,000 miles of road, and about half the roads have had their limits reduced.
Motoring groups are warning that there will be a rise in the number of speeding fines as the changes are not being widely publicised.
Reduce speed now: new Government guidelines have led to many councils lowering their speed limits near schools or in built-up areas
Many towns and villages have cut their speed limits down to 20mph around schools and in built-up residential areas.
With new guidelines from the Department of Transport, councils around the country are quietly dropping limits from 40mph to 30mph.
Henry Smith, the leader of West Sussex Council, which has reduced its limits to 30mph, said: Many villages have raised concerns over speed limits being too high at 40mph, and the changes mean we can directly respond to those.'
Country road: safety groups have welcomed reduced speeds, as rural through roads can be tight and without pavements
But the changes have met a mixed response from police and motoring groups.
A spokesman for Sussex Police said the reduction had caused 'inconsistency and confusion', claiming other traffic-calming measures should have been considered first.
And Claire Armstrong of Safespeed - an anti-speed-camera campaign group - said the new speed limits would lead to ' frustration, inattention and tailgaiting'.
But road safety group Brake has welcomed the changes. In a Daily Telegraph report, a spokesman said: ' In rural villages, main through roads can be lethal because of high speeds. These roads often have no pavements and families regularly need to walk alongside then cross them.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1271939/Life-getting-slower-country--rural-speed-limits-quietly-cut-10mph.html#ixzz0n0pRGKtd
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Life is getting slower in the country - as rural speed limits are quietly cut by 10mph.
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 1:40 PM on 4th May 2010 Add to My Stories Car lovers who fancy a relaxing drive in the country might want to keep a keen eye on the speed limit signs... or face a mood-changing fine.
Councils across the country have been reviewing the speed limits of around 50,000 miles of road, and about half the roads have had their limits reduced.
Motoring groups are warning that there will be a rise in the number of speeding fines as the changes are not being widely publicised.
Reduce speed now: new Government guidelines have led to many councils lowering their speed limits near schools or in built-up areas
Many towns and villages have cut their speed limits down to 20mph around schools and in built-up residential areas.
With new guidelines from the Department of Transport, councils around the country are quietly dropping limits from 40mph to 30mph.
Henry Smith, the leader of West Sussex Council, which has reduced its limits to 30mph, said: Many villages have raised concerns over speed limits being too high at 40mph, and the changes mean we can directly respond to those.'
Country road: safety groups have welcomed reduced speeds, as rural through roads can be tight and without pavements
But the changes have met a mixed response from police and motoring groups.
A spokesman for Sussex Police said the reduction had caused 'inconsistency and confusion', claiming other traffic-calming measures should have been considered first.
And Claire Armstrong of Safespeed - an anti-speed-camera campaign group - said the new speed limits would lead to ' frustration, inattention and tailgaiting'.
But road safety group Brake has welcomed the changes. In a Daily Telegraph report, a spokesman said: ' In rural villages, main through roads can be lethal because of high speeds. These roads often have no pavements and families regularly need to walk alongside then cross them.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1271939/Life-getting-slower-country--rural-speed-limits-quietly-cut-10mph.html#ixzz0n0pRGKtd