Friday 12 August 2016

Verging

This follows from the previous post about verge cutting.

A few weeks ago motorists driving towards Sheffield during the peak commuter time were approaching the notorious blind bend at Piper House, scene of a number of serious accidents including fatalities, had to apply their brakes suddenly because tractors wielding verge cutting attachments were busy at a critical spot. Anyone considering overtaking would have been taking a serious risk for themselves and anyone coming from the opposite direction.

At the same time another tractor was cutting the verge on the other side of the road.

Did the verge need cutting at all? And why does this stretch of road remain a 60 mph limit when much of the network in Derbyshire is now 50?

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