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Speed kills. That's not just a headline, it's a fact.
Speed is the single most influential factor in road crashes. In a
sense all crashes are due to speed. If a driver cannot stop in time
- for whatever reason - they are travelling too fast for the
conditions.If we are going to increase road safety, we need to
tackle the issue of excessive speed. And to do this, we need a mix
of enforcement and education.
We need to be tough with drivers who drive too fast, and we also
need to change drivers' attitudes to speed, to the consequences of
driving too fast.
What is Kent County Council doing to tackle speeding?
We want fewer people to be killed and injured on Kent's roads.
So we put a lot of our resources towards tackling the issue of
speed.
Our
speed management strategy deals with a number of factors that
will help us to keep our roads safer:
- challenge the existing speed culture
- identify and address factors relating to the road
environment
- increase public awareness of speed related issues
- encourage local communities and employers to get involved
- contribute to speed enforcement activities inspired by local
information
- develop and maintain high quality crash/casualty data and
intelligence
We have clear targets that we want to reach, and practical steps
that we are taking to reach them. |