Road safety "experts" missing the point - again

[Martin Cassini]

Speed limits are in the news again. As usual, the govt approach is coercive rather than organic. If you’re trying to cross an A-road, how will it help if the streams of traffic coming at you from opposite directions are doing 50 rather than 60? If anything, the gaps between vehicles will be even smaller. No, the way to make roads safe is to scrap main road priority with its culture of aggression, and let people do what is natural and intrinsically safe: slow down for others who were there first, and take it in turns. It's infinitely safer to be guided by context rather than numbers. Main road traffic will then be able to absorb side road traffic without the conflict, without undue loss of time, and with everyone in a relaxed frame of mind from being treated fairly.