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Well that data pretty much sums it up. Is anyone staying close to 20MPH? You'd think in restricted space that would be the natural limit anyway. Some of those numbers are nuts but it does confirm my thinking.
Last week, I was coming out of Chester road while a driver in a compact SUV turned in from the outer circle so hard that he had tyre squeal and would have taken out any oncoming traffic or peds/cyclist. Any Police around? Nope. A few of those guys with the Heckler & Koch assault rifles or whatever they use would have, I'm sure, been able to persuade him to slow down.
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The limit is 30, but I think RP has the only roads in the borough of Camden that aren't under a 20 limit. You can certainly see drivers looking to make up time using RP as a through route.
I've seen police out with radar guns twice this year, pulling over quite a few cars and motorbikes. One time they even towed away a car (probably insurance, rather than exclusively speed related).
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Yep - below are some of the survey results - it showed the average vehicle speeds at a lot of the checkpoints were above the speed limit.
They want to take some cars out (maybe by closing gates to eliminate some through traffic) and are worried that will only increase these speeds.
@Mechamorgan - I think you're right - a few less riders jumping reds won't make any difference. Some people always will RLJ, and they will be the focus. Unfortunately the prejudice against cycling is already there (i.e. perceptions of RLJing bikes vs motorists speeding). The speed survey already shows the average vehicle speeds are breaking the law but I've heard much more about RLJing, which is vastly less frequent.