I'm not so sure
they are there to slow people down.

For instance, there is a road just outside our village - it is a natiol speed limit road (60 mph) - there are no houses and no side roads. It quite obviously is, and should be a 60 mph road.

They are in the process of changing the signs as we speak to make this a 40mph road and are installing cameras.

There have never been any accidents along this road - at least none in the last 25 years (which is as far back as I could find records for).

So what is the justification in lowering the speed limit. As far as I can foresee, this will just agrivate people 'stuck' behind people doing 40mph and more-than-likely make them overtake through frustration.

Forcing people onto the wrong side of the road cannot be a good thing surely?

As to benefit fraud - it's a pin-prick in the scheme of things. It's lower than it ever has been (according to govt. reports and contrary to the Daily Mail) and there are certainly a lot less fraud cases than there are speeding cases.
(dchurch bah, Thu 21 Aug 2008, 12:32, Reply)