Another example of the nanny state. Why should the limits be based on the average speed of the users of the road? If the change is for safety reasons, ask the motor authorities to recommend the appropriate speed limit, but do not impose a limit based on the average - what a cop out!

Non average driver

Non-average driver I agree totally. How many times do you follow a car on the Cloch Road at 30mph with the driver and passenger looking at each other whilst chatting? Are they the average ? I hope not!

Sent from my Driver's seat

I agree entirely with the comment above. Let the safety people decide what a safe driving speed is and people then have to follow that rule. Many people drive too fast in certain areas so the average would be above the safe speed. Where is the sense in that? Especially on Cloch Road as shown in the photo of the actual article, as there have been far too many accidents over many years with some people being killed also. There are a couple of bad bends on this road and, with it only being a two-lane road, possibly reducing the speed to 40mph would be a safer bet.

Reduce speed - prolong life!

I use the Cloch road regularly to get between Gourock and Kip as I find it makes for a much more pleasant drive than going via Spango Valley. It is wide and well surfaced for the majority of its length and the scenery makes me feel lucky to live where I do. Personally, I find it quite comfortable to drive at 60mph along most of the road and there are only a few corners between the entrance to the sewage works and Lunderston Bay that require a more cautious approach.

When I first read the above article I wondered how the average speed of 50mph had been reached as I often find myself behind a car doing 40mph along the whole road, sometimes with a little string of cars behind it. Unless it is assumed that these cars all set off at the same time, then the others would have been travelling faster until they came up behind the car doing 40mph (this seems to be a very common speed for the lead car to be doing) and any going slower would never have caught up with it. In this case would the measurer see every car as wanting to go at 40mph? Or would just the first car be counted? At any rate the intended speeds of the cars behind cannot be counted as they have been restricted by the car in front. I would be intrigued to find out what method was used.

Incidentally I am looking forward to the longer daylight hours as it means I will not be blinded by the car-activated signs installed at the second or third sharpest corner on the road.

Sam

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