Residents who live nearby claim they can hear cars speeding
A bid to make a dangerous Cambridgeshire road safer has been slammed as “not making a difference” by people who live nearby. In February last year, a stretch of the A47 between Peterborough and Kings Lynn was reduced to a 50mph speed limit with the aim to make the road safer for drivers.
But some of the driverswho frequently use the road have said they don’t think the reduced speed limit has helped. Rebecca Parsons, who lives in Guyhirn, a village right by the busy road, thinks the speed limit has “caused more trouble than it’s worth”. She added: “I would say it’s not made much of a difference.”
Another woman, who wished to remain anonymous, slammed the 50mph speed limit. She said: “It’s more unsafe, there seems to be a higher frequency of crashes.”
The woman added: “People have no patience, so there is a mixture of people driving below the speed limit and the other people overtaking. There is too much traffic using the road.”
Ms Withers, who didn’t want to give her first name, feels the reduced speed limit “doesn’t make a difference”. She added: “It seems to have been as bad as it was before. Some people just can’t be bothered to wait around and then it’s more dangerous when they overtake.”
One resident, who wished to not be named, claimed she can tell people “aren’t sticking to the 50mph speed limit” as she thinks she can hear people speeding from her home in Guyhirn.
She said: “The amount of noise we get [in Guyhirn] just facing the road can be ridiculous. Almost all of the time we can hear cars speeding.” She also feels the speed limit is not working.
She added: “I don’t think the speed limit is working as good as it should be. It’s not really deterring people from speeding. It’s just making them more willing to speed if people in front aren’t going as fast as they’d like them to.”
National Highways said that safety is their “number one priority” and they continue to look at ways to make roads safer. A NH spokesperson added: “Our ambition remains that no-one should be harmed while travelling or working on our roads and we continue to invest in safety improvements across the region.
“Road safety is a shared responsibility, and we work closely with partners, organisations and road users to help us collectively achieve this ambition.”
The highways authority added that it is drivers responsibility to stick to speed limits, which is clearly shown on signage.
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