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buttonf1
October 5, 2010, 7:28pm Report to Moderator

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it wont stop me using queens road as a rat run.  its a public road, why shouldn't i use it as and when i please?. i pay my road tax!! as someone else said, you cant go over 20mph anyway!!

waste of effort and money
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Quoted from Threepwood
As for driving slower in the wrong gear?.....that's a great way to increase pollution.

And fuel bills.
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buttonf1
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I got caught speeding along Monks Lane, I was doing 36 mph in a 30 mph zone. I genuinely THOUGHT I was in a 40 mph zone, and thought I was being a good girl ! Yes, there are signs but I never noticed.  

When I learned to drive we were actually taught its 30mph in a town, 40 mph on the outskirts of town, and 50 + anywhere else.  I was also taught to get into the highest gear as quickly as possible.

Anyway, I had to go on a speed awareness course, and it was certainly an eye opener ! There are some REALLY gruesome true stories and the instructors advice at the end was to drive around town in no gear higher than 3. I thought this was absurd - but try it (before you mock) because it actually works !

To conclude perhaps boys racers should only be allowed to drive cars with 3 gears  



thats true.  most modern cars are designed to go 30 in 3rd gear.
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PaulaM
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Quoted from buttonf1


thats true.  most modern cars are designed to go 30 in 3rd gear.

EXACTLY !!! It is recommended you change gear at 2000rpm diesel and 2500rpm petrol - this is the best way to save petrol and as environmently friendly as the car gets. In most modern cars its easy to get to 30mph, in 3rd without exceeding 2500 rpm.  Maybe thats why us ladies get cheaper car insurance and men present Top Gear eh??!!  

On the downside speeds below 15mph increase pollution, so they must all be choking in Queens Road.
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Quoted from PaulaM
  so they must all be choking in Queens Road.


Correct. I believe I read somewhere (probably on here) that the Greenham Roundabout area has the most polluted air quality in Newbury. A 20mph limit will doubtless help with that. Not.


Threep.
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brian
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Quoted from PaulaM


On the downside speeds below 15mph increase pollution, so they must all be choking in Queens Road.


It's not so much the 15mph but the slowing down for the bump and then accelerating again and then slowing down.......you get the message.
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Quoted from richard.garvie


I know a LOT of people caught that way, it is pretty harsh!!!



What, to catch people speeding? If so, why bother introducing lower limits?
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spartacus
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If the residents of Queens Road are expecting to see a marked change in traffic speed, or volume of traffic using Queens Road, they need to be preparing themselves now for some disappointment......  

The only thing that will change will be that there will be new signs.  The existing speed humps aren't going to be re-profiled to make them more severe and no additional engineering measures are being considered for the road, so nothing will change the existing driver behaviour...

Such a waste of time.... Another useless piece of work done by the council, only to satisfy a local councillor or a vocal local resident who thinks this will make all the difference............    
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HJD
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Quoted from spartacus
If the residents of Queens Road are expecting to see a marked change in traffic speed, or volume of traffic using Queens Road, they need to be preparing themselves now for some disappointment......  

The only thing that will change will be that there will be new signs.  The existing speed humps aren't going to be re-profiled to make them more severe and no additional engineering measures are being considered for the road, so nothing will change the existing driver behaviour...

Such a waste of time.... Another useless piece of work done by the council, only to satisfy a local councillor or a vocal local resident who thinks this will make all the difference............    


You have it spot on spartacus.  
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