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26/06/2009
The Government's new safety proposals could see the country blighted by a million new speed signs, according to the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE).
The group is warning that plans contained in the Department for Transport (DfT)'s consultation, A Safer Way, could pave the way for a rash of 'repeater signs', as local limits on rural roads must be signposted every 300 yards.
The concerns arise after the Government apparently decided against a lower 50mph national limit on all derestricted roads in favour of encouraging local Highway Authorities to set lower speed limits on the most dangerous rural roads.
The CPRE's senior transport campaigner, Ralph Smyth, said that the Government's "piecemeal plans" would deface the countryside and distract drivers.
The charity is calling for a lower 50mph limit on single carriageway rural roads, with local authorities allowed the discretion to keep their safest routes at 60mph.
While the DfT's consultation framework claims that British roads are "relatively safe by international standards", it identifies rural roads as being "of particular concern", as they account for more than 60% of road deaths while handling just over 40% of traffic.
"We need to make rural roads safer and all the evidence points to reducing speed limits as the most important single step," Smyth added.
"We need a common sense compromise between imposing a blanket limit and a million new signs, which cash-strapped local authorities are unlikely to introduce any time soon."
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