Police target 20mph limit in St Giles' a second time (From The Oxford Times)
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Police target 20mph limit in St Giles' a second time
9:30am Saturday 22nd September 2012 in News
MORE than 80 drivers were stopped for flouting the 20mph speed limit in Oxford city centre in the latest police crackdown. Officers conducted the operation in St Giles’ between 10am and noon on Thursday, catching 83 motorists.
Sixteen drivers were caught travelling at more than 31mph and were given £60 fixed penalty notices and three points.
The fastest was caught travelling at 37mph.
Those travelling at between 26mph and 31mph were given speed advice by police officers.
Pc Mark Pilling, who organised the check, said: “We will continue to carry out these checks in response to concerns from local communities.
“I trust the drivers stopped and spoken to will think twice about their speed in future.”
Oxfordshire County Council brought in the 20mph speed limits in September 2009 but police did not enforce the limits until last month.
Emails, revealed by the Oxford Mail on Tuesday, showed Thames Valley Police admitted trying to “fob off” councillors about not enforcing the limit.
On August 31, police stopped 83 vehicles travelling over 26mph, fining and giving penalty points to 18 drivers travelling between 32mph and 39mph.
Comments(6)
jamiek
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4:08pm Sat 22 Sep 12
Shaun the Faun
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4:08pm Sat 22 Sep 12
Duh!
Floflo
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4:24pm Sun 23 Sep 12
knowall999 wrote:What a ridiculous argument. Why is it harder to look at your speedo when you are going 20, rather than 30?
Its dangerous for drivers to continuously look at their speedo to make sure they are keeping under 20mph,they are far more likely to run a kid or cyclist over while checking............
fu,,,cking ridiculous limit....why not ban cars from the centre altogether and shut the carparks while ya at it. the city centre is dying on its feet and the ar5e council STILL obstruct any potential visitors any way it can,.
Surely if you struggle with judging your speed you should really be going slower anyway - that way you cover less distance when you check you speed.
Floflo
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4:36pm Sun 23 Sep 12
knowall999 wrote:The maximum additional time it takes travelling 20 rather then 30 mph along the length of St Giles is around 15 seconds. In reality less than this.
Its dangerous for drivers to continuously look at their speedo to make sure they are keeping under 20mph,they are far more likely to run a kid or cyclist over while checking............
fu,,,cking ridiculous limit....why not ban cars from the centre altogether and shut the carparks while ya at it. the city centre is dying on its feet and the ar5e council STILL obstruct any potential visitors any way it can,.
Your time must be really important if you let a few seconds put you off driving into the City.
gymrat34
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4:41pm Sun 23 Sep 12
ger elttil OX2 0EJ says...
10:13am Sat 22 Sep 12