Widecombe Life

Widecombe-in-the-Moor on Dartmoor in Devon UK. A magical place to live. Surrounded by moorland, archaeological remains, wildlife, flora, beautiful scenery - and pretty empty considering how crowded our island is. Lots to talk about on all sorts of levels.

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  • Wednesday, June 29, 2005

    Dartmoor Speed Limits etc

    Having recently written about animals roaming free on the moor, what did I see yesterday on the Princetown to Yelverton road but a dead lamb on the roadside. This must happen a lot, basically because on those 'main' roads across the moor, people travel too fast and maybe don't care about hitting animals. It's awful.
    It could all be prevented with speed bumps or similar forcing people to keep their speed down.
    At the entrance to Widecombe village is a 40mph sign, i.e. 40 mph through Widecombe village is not breaking the speed limit, regardless of the people wandering across the road and the school just round the corner. Go out of the village along the Natsworthy lane and you see a no limit sign - so 60 mph is OK. Of course if you tried those speeds you would end up in a hedge, but what damage might you cause before that happened.
    I can't understand the general allowance of a 40mph limit on Dartmoor's roads - inclduing our local lane with a steep descent and a 90 degree blind corner at the bottom. It's just crazy.
    40mph may be just about OK on the 'main' routes, but 30mph should be the limit on most of the lanes and 20mph through the villages.
    This should not be a problem for most people who are out for a trip and want to enjoy the view. Nor should it be a problem for the locals who follow these speeds anyway. As usual it is just the few who cause the problem.

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