Bath tragedy

[empip]

Many will be aware of the recent tragic road deaths in Bath.

http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/pictur...ash/pictures-26000769-detail/pictures.html#14

Given this :-

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• empip
• 10 Feb 2015
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The onset of Lansdown Lane adjacent to the Bath Race course, and this :-

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• empip
• 10 Feb 2015
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One can only hope, for his sake, the driver was requiring access off this road, and not just access to the other end of it !

 

[JBR]

I see your point.

6' 0" width of the lane, compared to 2.6m width of the lorry.

(And national speed limit signs to boot.)

I wonder whether the lorry driver understood imperial measurement units, and may have been confused by them.

On the other hand, as I understand it, they think his brakes failed.

 

[sooey]

"national speed limit signs"

You've been on a speed awareness course recently then. Naughty boy.

 

[noseall]

"national speed limit signs"

You've been on a speed awareness course recently then. Naughty boy.

 

[sooey]

"national speed limit signs"

You've been on a speed awareness course recently then. Naughty boy.

Obviously you haven't.

 

[RNReindeer]

"national speed limit signs"

You've been on a speed awareness course recently then. Naughty boy.

Obviously you haven't.

That's unfair sooey. It might be accurate but unhelpful.
Normally if someone is showing a little uncertainty, perplexion or confusion, one is helpful and explanatory, not deriding.
The usual diagonal black stipe on a white background indicates NSL (National Speed limit applies)
Always the lower of any NSL, in this case 40 for the large HGVs.
https://www.gov.uk/speed-limits

And if you haven't been on a SA course NSL - No Street Lights/ National Speed Limit applies unless signs to indicate other limits apply.

 

[JBR]

"national speed limit signs"

You've been on a speed awareness course recently then. Naughty boy.

No, I haven't.

I go next week.

A fund-raising camera caught me doing 48 in a 40 area.

 

[Brigadier]

"national speed limit signs"

You've been on a speed awareness course recently then. Naughty boy.

Obviously you haven't.

What's your point, Sooey, re the signs?

 

[RNReindeer]

"national speed limit signs"

You've been on a speed awareness course recently then. Naughty boy.

No, I haven't.

I go next week.

A fund-raising camera caught me doing 48 in a 40 area.

When they ask for possible excuses to use for speeding say, "I was late for my Speed Awareness Course" officer.

 

[jeds]

There's no width problem on that road. I know it quite well and it's easily wide enough for a tipper. The restriction is probably more to do with reducing the number of large vehicles cutting through the residential area to the A431 and the fact that it's a long steady hill that gets steep towards the end. Mind you there isn't a road from Lansdown to the bottom that isn't steep. As empip says, It's going to depend where he was heading. Horrible accident though.

 

[sooey]

"national speed limit signs"

You've been on a speed awareness course recently then. Naughty boy.

Obviously you haven't.

What's your point, Sooey, re the signs?

Nothing really, except that until I went on one, I like a lot of others thought they were a 70 mph sign. Learnt on that that they were the national speed limit sign, which varies depending on road type.
Then I hadn't read a highway code for a long tie before hand.

 

[sooey]

"national speed limit signs"

You've been on a speed awareness course recently then. Naughty boy.

Obviously you haven't.

That's unfair sooey. It might be accurate but unhelpful.
Normally if someone is showing a little uncertainty, perplexion or confusion, one is helpful and explanatory, not deriding.
The usual diagonal black stipe on a white background indicates NSL (National Speed limit applies)
Always the lower of any NSL, in this case 40 for the large HGVs.
https://www.gov.uk/speed-limits

And if you haven't been on a SA course NSL - No Street Lights/ National Speed Limit applies unless signs to indicate other limits apply.

You're a boring fcker.

 

[Brigadier]

"national speed limit signs"

You've been on a speed awareness course recently then. Naughty boy.

Obviously you haven't.

What's your point, Sooey, re the signs?

Nothing really, except that until I went on one, I like a lot of others thought they were a 70 mph sign. Learnt on that that they were the national speed limit sign, which varies depending on road type.
Then I hadn't read a highway code for a long tie before hand.

Nicked driving a van at 70-type offence, then?

Not being smug, but I did know that "national speed limit" sign means different limits, to different vehicles. Otherwise, you'd never be able to read all the street furniture as you whizzed past!

 

[RNReindeer]

"national speed limit signs"

You've been on a speed awareness course recently then. Naughty boy.

Obviously you haven't.

That's unfair sooey. It might be accurate but unhelpful.
Normally if someone is showing a little uncertainty, perplexion or confusion, one is helpful and explanatory, not deriding.
The usual diagonal black stipe on a white background indicates NSL (National Speed limit applies)
Always the lower of any NSL, in this case 40 for the large HGVs.
https://www.gov.uk/speed-limits

And if you haven't been on a SA course NSL - No Street Lights/ National Speed Limit applies unless signs to indicate other limits apply.

You're a boring fcker.

I assume that you consider yourself to be an entertaining clown.

Sorry I've sunk to your level.

BTW, Kung Hei Fat Choy
In case we don't engage in friendly banter for a few days.

 

[JBR]

Not being smug, but I did know that "national speed limit" sign means different limits, to different vehicles. Otherwise, you'd never be able to read all the street furniture as you whizzed past!

To be quite honest, I don't read most of the street signs as there are far too many.

Down our road, for example, there are several signs warning of bends, along with chevrons, speed limit signs, additional text signs warning that there are bends...

...and still the planks charge down the road at speed.

Several months ago (prior to a local election!), our local councillor sent a flyer round to our immediate neighbours and ourselves asking for suggestions to reduce speeding.

I suggested speed humps and revenue cameras, but it appears that I was outvoted. The consensus was for more warning signs! We've still to see them, though.