34 vehicles caught speeding on Ryleys Lane in an hour

I would like to say thank you to all the volunteers carrying out these speed checks. Our roads in the village will surely be safer as a result of their work.

Can I suggest the volunteers target Brook Lane next? The speed of some cars along there is frightening for pedestrians, particularly round the blind bend with a brick wall alongside the footpath.

I would agree with Pete about speeding on Brook Lane, and add that thought should be given to the situation at the top of the lane, where parked vehicles force southbound traffic into the opposite side of the road on a long and blind bend.

The situation is dangerous and becomes worse at school drop off / pick up times when vehicles park on both sides of the road and children and parents are crossing the road.

The 30mph signs are too close to the village on Chelford Rd/Ryleys Lane, the should be moved to the By-Pass bridge.

Jon

If drivers are going to ignore the 30mph signs what difference does moving them a few metres make?

Could I suggest that the volunteers keep targeting the same areas at the same time to see how effective they are at reducing drivers speed over a longer period of time. In my experience, many motorists see a speed camera, slow down as they pass it and then speed up again.

Oh Brian

Please stop talking about other motorists when you are actually talking about yourself.

Martin, because some drivers are going too fast for the bend and SOME may slow down to 30 before they start to go round the corner and onto Ryleys Lane - as someone who often walks round that corner I do know what I am talking about.

How about some form of "twentys plenty" signage from chorley hall lane and at the junction with London road?. after all there are 2 schools along that stretch.

Oh Martin, I don't even know you and you don't even know me so you have no idea how I drive. This site is not for personal insults so kindly refrain from them.

Thank you so much.

Brian Etchells

I am sorry if you feel insulted by me. I am not entirely sure how anything I have said can be misconstrued as insulting. You have made your views on speeding and speed enforcement very clear in your posts, so I know that much about you. I just do not happen to agree with your view. I do, however, uphold you right to have it.

I have had my fair share of speeding tickets in the past, at one time nearly losing my licence as a result of totting up. So I decided to take responsibility for my driving and my attitude to it. I took advanced training and now hold the highest civilian qualification, a RoSPA Gold. So I do know what I am talking about.

If we all followed the Highway Code and Roadcraft (the police handbook), there would be no need for speed watch groups and there would be far fewer accidents. However, very few drivers ever pick up the Highway Code once they have passed their test and certainly do no additional training. They just pick up bad habits, make their own rules and get angry with everyone else on the road.

Brian, if you can't see why some of your comments have led people to question your driving then you may need to either reassess your attitude on the road or your writing skills.

Clearly Martin, again you are making personal comments. I suggest you check the rules of this site.

You can't see how questioning my writing skills or attitude on the road is insulting?

My comments have been entirely based around the efficient use of our PCSO and speed watch volunteers. Not about the rights and wrongs of drivers going over the speed limit.

I have actually never received a speeding ticket in 28 years of driving. I don't consider that good luck, just careful, considerate driving. If all the good folk of Alderley drove the same way there would 't be any need for speed cameras, speed watch volunteers or traffic calming measures.

Just as an aside, whilst driving through the village today I counted 10 cars parked on pavements. Not a traffic warden or PCSO in sight.

20 m.p.h. limits will be introduced around all schools, later this year. This will be rolled out across East Cheshire.

Brian

I am sorry you feel the way you do. If my comments were seen as being insulting or against the rules of the site; they would simply not be posted by Lisa.

Hi Brian

I'm afraid I have to concur with Martin regarding the contents of his posts. And he is right, if comments are deemed inappropriate they simply aren't posted. Do you think, perhaps, you are being a teeny bit over-sensitive?

Whilst having never received a speeding ticket in 28 years is, indeed, impressive (I wish I could claim the same), your opening comment on the other article on this site about traffic watch includes the comment 'It is almost impossible to drive up the hill on a queue of traffic under 30 miles an hour.' So either, when driving home, you consistently achieve something that is 'almost impossible', OR you have just been really lucky to date.

Also, you state later in the thread 'Driving up the hill at low speed uses more fuel and produces more pollution.' which strikes me as an attempt to justify driving above the legal speed limit (or increasing the speed limit on the hill). I suppose, if you continued on a similar theme, you could say driving at 55mph is the most fuel efficient speed and produces the least carbon emissions and therefore 30mph speed limits should also be challenged.

I'm grateful that those setting the speed limits put public safety (pedestrians and other road users) before fuel efficiency and pollution.

Craig - mandatory or advisory 20 mph speed limits around the schools ?

Marc

It is probably academic whether they are either, as the evidence seems to show that speed limits are not recognised in AE.

From the evidence and comments there appears to be a real problem on all the side roads around the village with speeding. Only a few days ago, at the junction of Heyes Lane/Davey Lane a car doing 50+ towards the station came across the road and narrowly missed another car going in the opposite direction by inches. I am not so sure sending out warning letters are the answer as anyone caught speeding should be fined especially as speeds are excessive for the safety of residents, not to mention the people driving responsibly.