Speed Limits around Roadworks
January 24th, 2007
Something I have noticed in my recent posession of a motor vehicle is the growing propensity for workmen to place the slower speed limit signs further and further up the road from the actual roadworks. It is important for the safety of the workers that people are slowing down to the required speed limit as they go past the construction, but I have a theory, that if the driver can’t see what they are slowing down for when they see the sign, the chances of them actually slowing down are very slim. This basically negates the effects of the sign. People will argue that it is still illegal to speed (which I won’t argue with) and that it shouldn’t matter (which it shouldn’t). The fact of the matter is, people generally interpret the spirit of the laws, rather than the actual letter of the law and in this case, they would normally slow down.