Shame that the video ended before getting to the better section of the A338 (Great Shefford to Wantage). I'd be interested to know the OP's viewpoint on the recent changing of the speed limits along the latter stretch, when all the National limits were reduced to 50mph limits instead. I've regularly ridden that road for most of the last ten years and I'm not aware of it being particularly bad for accidents, and the newer limit is virtually unenforceable, except by pursuit vehicles (and I don't think I've ever seen a traffic car along there). My question is, what was the point of going to the trouble (proposing and getting the change accepted) and expense (changing all the National speed signs for 50s) along a stretch of road that didn't have a bad history and is difficult to enforce speed limits along anyway? If road users habitually broke the National limit, reducing it to 50 along the same stretch is unlikely to slow them down...
Discuss.
