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20MPH speed limits will be introduced on main routes in five towns for the first time as part of a new road safety experiment, the Scottish Government’s Transport Scotland agency has announced.
The first, on the A77 at Maybole in Ayrshire, starts on Monday, with Largs, Biggar, Langholm and Oban to follow.
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http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/20mph-limits-get-green-light-for-scots-trunk-roads-1-3888210
"The Institute of Advanced Motorists said by-passes rather than lower speed limits were the answer."
Does Keith "By-passes for all" Brown know this? How about Derek "Cycle paths are a matter for local authorities" Mackay?
By-passes don't stop people driving through town centres, even if they re-route a portion of traffic around. The IAM is basically saying "we want bypasses AND no speed reduction".
If anyone can explain how you can bypass Oban given its geography, I'm open to suggestions.
Build a big pontoon out into the sea, flatten Lismore Island who stays there anyway and back in at the caravan site about three miles north? Will only cost trillions and will reduce accidents and there is no evidence it will reduce trade in Oban itself. May need cantilever section for the ferries to get under?
@gembo, what's good for Loch Lomond has to be good for Oban, yeah? Beggar the scenery, wildlife, etc. folk need to OVERTAKE in order to complete their journeys within a reasonable timeframe!
Absolutely. All possible steps must be taken to avoid driver frustration, the curse of our age.
I have a vision.
Every village its own by-pass. Every town its own dual carriageway. Scotland must not rest until there are high speed trunk roads in every corner of the land, the better to whisk drivers to garden centres, supermarchés, theme parks and other vitally important destinations for the nation's economy.
We shall build a utopia for motorists. If you're not a motorist, GET OUT OF THE WAY!
In fairness, given the amount of through traffic from the Irish Sea routes, and especially the number of HGVs, Maybole probably should have a bypass. If I lived in Maybole, I'd want a bypass, on safety and air quality grounds.
Kirknewton gets a bit squeezy too. That narrow bit in Maybole is never going to be fun when a bus and an HGV want to use it at the same time. 20mph is a good start as things will hopefully be careering along less speedily when they notice that they're going to have to slow down or stop and shuffle through. Could traffic lights which only switch on when large vehicles approach, so that buses/HGVs have to go through one direction at a time but narrower things can go concurrently but slowly?
For the record, there's already a £27million scheme to built a 4.8km bypass around Maybole...
@cb bravo, I was just about to post that.
See also David's update of the post - (a) Langholm's geography is no excuse; (b) he's making a general point.
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