DfT speed limits” says: “Setting 32. Different road users perceive risks and appropriate speeds differently, and drivers and riders of motor vehicles often do not have the same perception of the hazards of speed as do people on foot, on bicycles or on horseback. Fear of traffic can affect peoples’ quality of life and the needs of vulnerable road users must be fully taken into account in order to further encourage these modes of travel and improve their safety. Speed management strategies should seek to protect local community life. As explained above, currently the speed management strategies detrimentally affect community life. Options considered 20 mph limit DfT circular, local speed limits”, dated January 2013 gives a priority for action. “Setting 12. Traffic authorities are asked to: keep their speed limits under review with changing circumstances; consider the introduction of more 20 mph limits and zones, over time, in urban areas and village streets that are primarily residential, to ensure greater safety for pedestrians and cyclists … Residents feel that a 20 mph limit would be the most appropriate option for Shenington and Alkerton. Also, the circular states the following. 30. The following will be important factors when considering what is an appropriate speed limit: history of collisions, including frequency, severity, types and causes; road geometry and engineering (width, sightlines, bends, junctions, accesses and safety barriers etc.); road function (strategic, through traffic, local access etc.); composition of road users (including existing and potential levels of vulnerable road users); existing traffic speeds; road environment, including level of road-side development and possible impacts on residents (e.g. severance, noise, or air quality). Each of these factors has been considered above. The function of the main road through the villages is very clearly one of local access. The road users include vulnerable groups moving around the villages on foot. Others are discouraged from walking or riding because of the traffic, and road geometry and engineering; there are several hazardous points on the narrow, winding road with no footways. Average traffic speeds are about 25 mph through the villages with the exception of Shenington Hill. DfT local speed limits” says: “Setting 119. Fear of traffic can affect people's quality of life in villages and it is self-evident that villages should have comparable speed limits to similar roads in urban areas. It is therefore government policy that a 30 mph speed limit should be the norm in villages.
DfT “Setting speed limits” says: 32. Different road users perceive risks and appropriate speeds differently, and drivers and riders of motor vehicles often do not have the same perception of the hazards of speed as do people on foot, on bicycles or on horseback. Fear of traffic can affect peoples’ quality of life and the needs of vulnerable road users must be fully taken into account in order to further encourage these modes of travel and improve their safety. Speed management strategies should seek to protect local community life. As explained above, currently the speed management strategies detrimentally affect community life. Options considered 20 mph limit DfT circular, “Setting local speed limits”, dated January 2013 gives a priority for action. 12. Traffic authorities are asked to: keep their speed limits under review with changing circumstances; consider the introduction of more 20 mph limits and zones, over time, in urban areas and village streets that are primarily residential, to ensure greater safety for pedestrians and cyclists … Residents feel that a 20 mph limit would be the most appropriate option for Shenington and Alkerton. Also, the circular states the following. 30. The following will be important factors when considering what is an appropriate speed limit: history of collisions, including frequency, severity, types and causes; road geometry and engineering (width, sightlines, bends, junctions, accesses and safety barriers etc.); road function (strategic, through traffic, local access etc.); composition of road users (including existing and potential levels of vulnerable road users); existing traffic speeds; road environment, including level of road-side development and possible impacts on residents (e.g. severance, noise, or air quality). Each of these factors has been considered above. The function of the main road through the villages is very clearly one of local access. The road users include vulnerable groups moving around the villages on foot. Others are discouraged from walking or riding because of the traffic, and road geometry and engineering; there are several hazardous points on the narrow, winding road with no footways. Average traffic speeds are about 25 mph through the villages with the exception of Shenington Hill. DfT “Setting local speed limits” says: 119. Fear of traffic can affect people's quality of life in villages and it is self-evident that villages should have comparable speed limits to similar roads in urban areas. It is therefore government policy that a 30 mph speed limit should be the norm in villages.
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