Traffic calming measures

When the Police did tests as to speeding drivers through the villages of the UK more than 50% of the speeders caught were in fact Locals,that's right!,the people who lived in the village itself and did the moaning were the worst culprits (serves e'm right).
I know this is now going to be a bit of a long winded letter but Sleeping Policemen nor fixed camera's are the answer,on the one you only slow down and then accelerate back up to speed causing pollution,as to the other once you know where the camera's are they are no longer a deterrent.
However,with the technology that is already available speed camera's (laser guns) can already be fitted easily onto a Police Motor Cycle,and you'd never know where it would be at any given time,I think this would be a much better idea and we could do away with all the road humps.
Oh yes,before someone writes in to moan,should you by caught by the Camera (police bike) that's your own fault,just live with the outcome of being a speeder that got caught

'Traffic calming measures' or 'road furniture' causes huge increases in fuel consumption and emissions.

This means we have buy more fuel, which generates more tax.

One of our local roads was recently relaid :) then there were some rumble strips laid :( then they got ground off :| wot a waste, now the new surface is messed up.

Speeding in residential areas will become almost impossible in time There are trials of ISA (intelligent speed adaption) being carried out across the world. These are in car electronic devices that can warn a driver that the limit is being exceeded and can be adapted to limit the speed either by a fuel limitation method or by increasing accelerator pedal pressure.The Dept of transport has reviewed these systems during the last 10 years and reported favourably and a trial with a fleet of vehicles in 2009 is being assessed.Their preliminary reports are favourable and strangely enough the majority of drivers were in favour and in fact missed them when removed.

Join the 'hoot at humps' campaign, residents will soon get sick and prefer normal traffic.

just read the artical on traffic calming and must say I do agree on the aspect that yes people will take the quickest route they can find after all I do myself and yes the council may well have placed them in the wrong place however I still think there a good idea I wish I could persuade our council to do the same. the driver in question may well be a good driver and stick to the limits however not all drivers are and thats the problem the council dont just spend the money on traffic calming because a couple of people complain theres months somtimes years of debate over it.and no I dont work for any council its quite unbeliveble that I would defend them as my veiw of councils in general are quite low. still the fact remains traffic calming is a good idea and it saves lives not just pedestrians but drivers to ok its a bit inconvienient but so what this day and age there is that many cars on the roads you carnt help but get slowed down and after all why not just leave home a little earlier and take it easy I dont know about the driver that wrote the story but I would hate to knock anyone over and worse still if I was speeding. and like they say if you dont like it go another way.

And even better we have Sat Nav coupled to Speed Camera alerts and Laser diffusers... bring it on. Perhaps if the government didn't persecute us on the main roads we would not have to drive thru the nimby villages, so complain to your MP and Council, until then ... Coming to a village near you... Sat Nav tourism!

Horray for the sat nav. Now we can take even more obscure diversions through really small villages to avoid the congestion at the push of a button.

Everybody has the right to complain. Nobody but the government or council can dictate wether people can go through a village, none of you OWN the road. I know, living next to a road must be such a pain. All these cars........ travelling...on a road....next to your house....thats been built for use.......by cars.....for PUBLIC USE.

However!, I do not condone or try to defend the people speeding through built up areas as my brother was recently hit and left with 2 broken legs and a fractured pelvis, by someone caught doing 52 in a 30 zone, and proceeded to speed off.

All of this stupid, obsessive behaviour about roads BELONGING to a certain place or people is nonsense. The public has every right to use them, but use them responsibly, if the problem worsens, then calming measures should be introduced.

What a fantastic result!

If you don't like it, use the dual carriageway like you're supposed to :-)

Take a leaf out the book of the people of the Chiapas region in the southeast of Mexico.

There the people take the "law" into their own hands. They lay large Sleeping Policemen across the main roads passing by or through villages, and when any strange car or coach passes the humps cause it to slow right down, they stop this vehicle and then demand $1 tax in cash each from its occupants.

AAAAAAAARGH!!!! Do you know what really gets on my toot? Busybodies that spend four hours using a borrowed speed gun to detect the speed of vehicles driving through your little corner of the Earth and then running crying to the police whinging and whining that "something must be done!" How sad and pointless their miserable little lives must be.
Go write to the Daily (hate) Mail you useless old farts.

Village life is being lost by traffic. The amount of traffic that goes through the village I live in is terriable. I feel we are loosing the English way of village life and villages should not be used as rat runs for people trying to get to the busy towns and cities. Far enough people have to get to places, but that is why there are moterways like the M3 where the roads are actually built for the amount of traffic of today, unlike many villages. Personally people should only use village roads if they have buisness in the village or wish to get home!