Road Safety Bill [HL]

Further to the Minister’s response to the noble Earl, Lord Mar and Kellie, on what constitutes a ““restricted road””, perhaps I might have the temerity to refer her to Section 82 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act. It says that,"““a road is a restricted road for the purposes of section 81 of this Act if there is provided on it a system of street lighting furnished by means of lamps placed not more than 200 yards apart””." There is nothing about such roads being in an urban area. That is extremely important for rural areas and villages because a village road with street lamps is automatically a restricted road and therefore subject to a 30 mph speed limit.