yorkshirelad1 wrote:I do understand 20mph signs outside schools. But not all the time: there's no point having a permanent 20mph sign outside a school during e.g. summer holidays. Most drivers tend to abide by signs when there's a sensible reason for them, but non-sensical signs seem to get less attention.
Hmmm, I wonder if it's that straightforward? Around our way, the old school signs have been discarded in favour of year-round 20 mph signs, and I can see why. When I'm approaching a school, am I going to check the calendar to see whether it's currently term time or not? Never mind whether it's the school run rush hour?
) On balance, I think, we'd all do better if we kept it simple.
There's also the fact that schools are morphing into 52-week 10-hours-a-day institutions, what with extra-curricular functions, community functions, health services, creches and all the rest of it going on. Even 55 years ago, we'd have been playing football or using the school swimming pool during holiday periods. Unsupervised, too!
And blah blah blah. A few hundred yards of 20 mph limit around a school or a hospital an old folks' home has achieved its value if it does nothing more than remind us that not everyone is as wise or as mobile as we are. Well okay, it'll do for starters!
BJ