I know the Community Police are carrying out speed checks on motor vehicles, but they have to position themselves where they can be seen by drivers and they only do them one day per week at most, I think. I guess they have some effect.
Thanks for your input, GCC work closely with Police Scotland, and where we receive complaints from members of the public about speeding , they do respond with positive action. If you have any issues with speeding in your local area, please let us know and we will investigate and liaise with Police Scotland.
Yes, Police Scotland have a duty to enforce, however, we have other options as partners to educate and engage and encourage behavioural change to reduce road casualties.
I am not aware of any. A 20mph sign for a local primary that closed a few years ago is an example of Council not being in touch with community. Why are there so many different combinations of road crossing types?
Thanks for your comment, the 20mph TWELAS (TWEnty Limits Around Schools) signs were put in place some time ago (2008) and unfortunately spare parts are no longer available to repair them. It was a worthwhile project when first introduced. They have now been switched off and as we move towards a mandatory 20mph speed limit around all schools, they will be removed/replaced. Thankfully, collisions involving children around schools are very rare, but we cannot be complacent and as such, we have a full programme of road safety education delivered in our schools every year by a specialist team.
Waiting to happen - But it has only arisen because someone died. They will provide info and stats to council but its up to council to act. Every solution is going to be unpopular in the short term. I am sceptical any politician can take these decisions. They will need police support and the police will need be a little non political here.
I'm sorry to hear that, our Go Safe Glasgow road safety partnership is very pro-active and we deliver at least 3 campaigns in the city every year. Our road safety engineers regularly analyse crash data to identify any locations where clusters of crashes occur and take action where necessary. As part of our ongoing transport strategy, we will be prioritising our most vulnerable road users in any decision making.
This is finishing today, I've already contributed: https://new-practice.co.uk/waiting-to-happen. No idea how effective it will be. There are also some ongoing council consultations about possible changes to roads and active travel infrastructure in areas around Scotstoun/Whiteinch/Yoker that could result in safer and quieter local areas, but only if the people making the decisions are brave enough to deal with the extreme levels of abuse they'll get for it. Closing a rat-run is treated as a crime against humanity by most drivers and we've already seen arson attacks and various other types of vandalism when similar things have been done elsewhere in the UK. The problem with most road safety initatives is that they don't actually tackle the real source of almost all danger: bad drivers. Telling children to be more careful crossing the road isn't going to help them when someone playing with their phone drives into them on the pavement.
Thanks very much for your contribution. Could you tell us more about what kind of changes you would like to see in Glasgow to make roads safer for non-motorists?
Hi there, thanks for your comments and we appreciate your input to the Yoker to Whiteinch Liveable Neighbourhoods (LN) engagement. One of the four themes of LN is 'Streets for People' which will bring forward interventions to prioritise walking, wheeling and cycling in our neighbourhood streets - https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/liveableneighbourhoods
Thank you for taking part, hopefully you will notice our next road safety campaign - 'lets look out for each other' which is running from November to January :)
Thanks for your response, as well as road safety education in our school and communities, we run at least 3 city-wide campaigns every year. Please look out for this year's campaign in November which co-incidentally is called; 'lets look out for each other :)
I know the Community Police are carrying out speed checks on motor vehicles, but they have to position themselves where they can be seen by drivers and they only do them one day per week at most, I think. I guess they have some effect.
Thanks for your input, GCC work closely with Police Scotland, and where we receive complaints from members of the public about speeding , they do respond with positive action. If you have any issues with speeding in your local area, please let us know and we will investigate and liaise with Police Scotland.
I am not aware of any. Shouldn't police be enforcing this anyway?!
Yes, Police Scotland have a duty to enforce, however, we have other options as partners to educate and engage and encourage behavioural change to reduce road casualties.
I am not aware of any. A 20mph sign for a local primary that closed a few years ago is an example of Council not being in touch with community. Why are there so many different combinations of road crossing types?
Thanks for your comment, the 20mph TWELAS (TWEnty Limits Around Schools) signs were put in place some time ago (2008) and unfortunately spare parts are no longer available to repair them. It was a worthwhile project when first introduced. They have now been switched off and as we move towards a mandatory 20mph speed limit around all schools, they will be removed/replaced. Thankfully, collisions involving children around schools are very rare, but we cannot be complacent and as such, we have a full programme of road safety education delivered in our schools every year by a specialist team.
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Thank you for your response :)
Waiting to happen - But it has only arisen because someone died. They will provide info and stats to council but its up to council to act. Every solution is going to be unpopular in the short term. I am sceptical any politician can take these decisions. They will need police support and the police will need be a little non political here.
I'm sorry to hear that, our Go Safe Glasgow road safety partnership is very pro-active and we deliver at least 3 campaigns in the city every year. Our road safety engineers regularly analyse crash data to identify any locations where clusters of crashes occur and take action where necessary. As part of our ongoing transport strategy, we will be prioritising our most vulnerable road users in any decision making.
This is finishing today, I've already contributed: https://new-practice.co.uk/waiting-to-happen. No idea how effective it will be. There are also some ongoing council consultations about possible changes to roads and active travel infrastructure in areas around Scotstoun/Whiteinch/Yoker that could result in safer and quieter local areas, but only if the people making the decisions are brave enough to deal with the extreme levels of abuse they'll get for it. Closing a rat-run is treated as a crime against humanity by most drivers and we've already seen arson attacks and various other types of vandalism when similar things have been done elsewhere in the UK. The problem with most road safety initatives is that they don't actually tackle the real source of almost all danger: bad drivers. Telling children to be more careful crossing the road isn't going to help them when someone playing with their phone drives into them on the pavement.
Thanks very much for your contribution. Could you tell us more about what kind of changes you would like to see in Glasgow to make roads safer for non-motorists?
Hi there, thanks for your comments and we appreciate your input to the Yoker to Whiteinch Liveable Neighbourhoods (LN) engagement. One of the four themes of LN is 'Streets for People' which will bring forward interventions to prioritise walking, wheeling and cycling in our neighbourhood streets - https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/liveableneighbourhoods
Not aware of any
Thank you for taking part, hopefully you will notice our next road safety campaign - 'lets look out for each other' which is running from November to January :)
None that i know of
Thanks for your response, as well as road safety education in our school and communities, we run at least 3 city-wide campaigns every year. Please look out for this year's campaign in November which co-incidentally is called; 'lets look out for each other :)