Southam - Banbury Road A423

[Buckingham]

Drove up to Cov today, only to find yet another great biking road posted down to 50mph for the whole length from the boundary with Oxon to Southam.
Any locals know the justification ? (as if there needs to be any )

 

[Greg Masters]

In the mid-1970's I used to work at a small engineering place on the outskirts of Southam - a tuning company called Broadspeed.

We knocked up cars like this:

The road to Banbury was great for testing fast road car conversions.



Greg

 

[motorhome]

Council wisdom. Nearly all the national roads around Stratford have been dropped to 50. Soon my xr 400 will be the fastest bike I'll need. Government are talking about dropping the national to 50.

 

[MMC]

Drove up to Cov today, only to find yet another great biking road posted down to 50mph for the whole length from the boundary with Oxon to Southam.
Any locals know the justification ? (as if there needs to be any )

Yep.

It's "because we can."

That's about it.

They've been planning that one for the last five years. We managed to get it kicked out in "consultation", but of course, "no" wasn't the answer they wanted so they kept coming back until they got the answer they DID want.

OCC and Warks consultation process consists of answering a question to which they already know the answer, then sticking their fingers in their ears singing "la la la la can't hear you" and doing what they like. Simple really.

Now watch the head-ons increase as frustrated drivers overtake Lionel the Limit Limpet only to meet a truck coming the other way.

Road safety? My arse.

 

[littleredrooster]

Drove up to Cov today, only to find yet another great biking road posted down to 50mph for the whole length from the boundary with Oxon to Southam.
Any locals know the justification ? (as if there needs to be any )

Don't get me wrong, 'cos I think the lowering of limits all over Warks is utter shite, but I can show you about six (?) sites on the A423 where there has been a fairly recent motorcycle KSI. The power rangers flock to this road every fine Sunday. In fact, do a search on youtube for Stu Pid. There's a series of longish clips of a GSXR thou and a Mitsi Evo going for broke along there. In one shot, he passes the caravan site on a right-hand dip into-uphill-left with 174 showing on the clock.
That's why the limit has been lowered.

 

[Greg Masters]

... with 174 showing on the clock.

That's why the limit has been lowered.

Lowering the limit from 60mph to 50mph will obviously make all the difference to this knob's riding.



Greg

 

[Lord Snooty]

Don't get me wrong, 'cos I think the lowering of limits all over Warks is utter shite, but I can show you about six (?) sites on the A423 where there has been a fairly recent motorcycle KSI. The power rangers flock to this road every fine Sunday. In fact, do a search on youtube for Stu Pid. There's a series of longish clips of a GSXR thou and a Mitsi Evo going for broke along there. In one shot, he passes the caravan site on a right-hand dip into-uphill-left with 174 showing on the clock.
That's why the limit has been lowered.

The trouble is Colin is that reducing the limit by 10mph is not going to change the attitude and behaviour of twats like this by one iota. They will still ride it at whatever speed they want to without due regard to other road users and the damage it does to motorcycling in general. If this sort of thing is going on then rather than impose a blanket reduction of the speed limit why don't they police it? Stick a police interceptor on the road and pull the twats and get them off the road. But of course proper policing costs money and it is a lot cheaper to put up some new signs and then hope the problem will go away and ignore the rising statistics as frustrated drivers/riders have to make more overtakes. A typical, ill thought out response to a problem by a bunch of pointy headed civil servants who don't live in the real world.

 

[Mutley]

The trouble is Colin is that reducing the limit by 10mph is not going to change the attitude and behaviour of twats like this by one iota. They will still ride it at whatever speed they want to without due regard to other road users and the damage it does to motorcycling in general. If this sort of thing is going on then rather than impose a blanket reduction of the speed limit why don't they police it? Stick a police interceptor on the road and pull the twats and get them off the road. But of course proper policing costs money and it is a lot cheaper to put up some new signs and then hope the problem will go away and ignore the rising statistics as frustrated drivers/riders have to make more overtakes. A typical, ill thought out response to a problem by a bunch of pointy headed civil servants who don't live in the real world.

 

[John Stenhouse]

OOO! Can I have that car please Greg.


They were awesome in their day, not developed enough as with most brit car racing stuff that was backed by a manufacturer, but IIRC they wiped the floor with everyone in qualifying.

Made a road one for the New Avengers I recall, ah what a misspent youth

 

[littleredrooster]

Lowering the limit from 60mph to 50mph will obviously make all the difference to this knob's riding.



Greg

Exactement, mon ami. I used that road several times last week and found myself in excess of the posted limits several times.....but not 174mph

 

[littleredrooster]

The trouble is Colin....

No. I am very rarely 'trouble'.....difficult, maybe, but trouble - no!

....is that reducing the limit by 10mph is not going to change the attitude and behaviour of twats like this by one iota. They will still ride it at whatever speed they want to without due regard to other road users and the damage it does to motorcycling in general. If this sort of thing is going on then rather than impose a blanket reduction of the speed limit why don't they police it? Stick a police interceptor on the road and pull the twats and get them off the road. But of course proper policing costs money and it is a lot cheaper to put up some new signs and then hope the problem will go away and ignore the rising statistics as frustrated drivers/riders have to make more overtakes. A typical, ill thought out response to a problem by a bunch of pointy headed civil servants who don't live in the real world.

Yup - absolutely. And it will not change my chosen speed down certain sections of that road which do not have areas for a camera. After I have checked, and double-checked my mirrors for anything following me. But perhaps not at 174mph.

 

[DavidHale]

Yup - absolutely. And it will not change my chosen speed down certain sections of that road which do not have areas for a camera. After I have checked, and double-checked my mirrors for anything following me. But perhaps not at 174mph.

And there's the rub - at your chosen speed.

 

[wreck diver]

Drove up to Cov today, only to find yet another great biking road posted down to 50mph for the whole length from the boundary with Oxon to Southam.
Any locals know the justification ? (as if there needs to be any )

If it the same reason as in Derbyshire and i expect it is.
This came from a councillers mouth,they are being de- speeded because the lower the speed limit the lower the level of repair and maintenance needs to be carried out !!!!!!!
After this winter that is no surprise the roads are full of pot holes,so i guess it will be walking pace by summer.
Still at least the government will save some money to pay the banks and bonuses.
I went to France last week for a ride superb roads,Frenchy,s cant be all bad then.