I am unsure of the law concerning road signage, but I am fairly certain it is required to be clear and unambiguous. This is not so with Sutton’s St Nicholas Way.
Approaching St Nicholas Way there appears to be no signs advising of an up-coming change in the speed limit. Only when the motorist has travelled some 100 metres along the road he may spot a minuscule “20” sign high on a lamppost on the right-hand side of the road, another 300 metres further on is another sign of the same size and height on the left.
At no point thereafter is there any indication of a return to 30mph. The rule of the road is that if there are no signs to the contrary in a built-up area the speed limit is 30mph.
By this rule, Cheam Road (which is the only way to access St Nicholas Way) and Crown Road (which is the inevitable exit) are both 30mph.
This unannounced imposition of a 20mph speed limit on St Nicholas Way in such an invidious (and probably illegal) fashion would suggest that the London borough of Sutton is not content with the amount of revenue they are already squeezing from the motorist and are intent on grabbing even more in speeding fines from those who are more concerned with watching the road than searching the skies for UFOs and happen to notice these tiny indications that the speed limit has suddenly, covertly and inexplicably changed.
CHRIS CASSELDEN
Westminster Road
- Send your letters to: letters@suttonguardian.co.uk
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