Most drive near speed limit

Council's traffic committee has released the results of its courtesy speed check trailer and found most people drive near the speed limit.

The speed check was part of the "How Fast are you Really Going" campaign, which provided a radar display trailer to detect and display the speed of passing drivers.

The trailer was designed to encourage speeding drivers to travel at a safer speed.

The data was collected between October and December last year.

The speed check was used outside a number of schools and on various local roads.

Some of the results are below:

Empire Bay Drive near the public school during three continuous days within school hours.

The site had a posted speed limit of 40kmh and 85 per cent motorists averaging 39.5kmh.

The top speed recorded was 52kmh.

Karingi St in the Ettalong Public School zone was recorded on one day in November.

The street had a 40kmh speed limit and the average speed was 45.6kmh with a 74kmh top speed.

Barrenjoey Rd, also in the Ettalong Public School zone was recorded on two days in December.

This zone had a speed limit of 40kmh and the average speed was 53kmh with a top speed of 82kmh.

Bourke Rd in Ettalong was recorded over a one-and-a-half-hour period in November.

The speed limit was 50kmh and the average speed was 49kmh with a top speed of 58kmh.

Barrenjoey Rd in Ettalong was recorded for a total of two hours over a two-day period in December.

The posted speed limit was 60kmh, average 55kmh and top speed 75kmh.

Helmsman Boulevarde on St Huberts Island was recorded for 7.5 hours over three days in December and had a posted speed limit of 50kmh.

The average speed was 62.3kmh with a top speed of 91kmh.

In other traffic news, the committee is considering a roundabout for the intersection of The Boulevarde and Brisbane Water Dve in Woy Woy.

A request for extra disabled parking spaces near Woy Woy train station from Member for Peats, Ms Marie Andrews, has been denied.

The traffic committee said the current six spaces were adequate.

Another request from Ms Andrews to prohibit the use of skateboards and bicycles on the footpath near Ettalong Markets and the cinema was accepted.

Carl Spears, February 6