The worst accident recently involved a car full of Eastern Europeans, and the driver lost it at speeds again estimated into 3 figures. 3 killed as it slammed into a tree sideways!

Hope the tree was ok.

Your reply proves that you do not read what people put in messages & just cut & paste. I was pointing out EXACTLY what happens around this area, and stated a very recent incident, which closed the A12 for several hours, whilst they scooped what was left of the 40-odd year old man into a body bag. I'm amazed it doesn't happen more, as brain dead idiots on bikes, who think they are immortal and think the A12 is Snetterton! I live very close to the A12, and hear these oafs giving it the beans between the 4 roundabouts On the A12 Martlesham/Woodbridge bypass. Especially on Sunday afternoons, when they seem to be out in force. And most 'crotch rocket' owners around here are in the 40's, simply because they are the only ones who can afford to run them as weekend playthings.

There is now talk that the A12 for the whole length between the M25 and Martlesham will get a blanket 50 mph limit with average speed cams, as in the past year alone the clean up of accidents on the A12 has totalled £17 million pounds. The worst accident recently involved a car full of Eastern Europeans, and the driver lost it at speeds again estimated into 3 figures. 3 killed as it slammed into a tree sideways! Said car was often seen travelling at speeds of around 70 in Ipswich (30 zones).

And something that you fail to mention LOL, the age 40+? Hmmmmm. Will they be a big chunk of the other 50% perchance? And the 29% that are SVA? With 33% of them being excessive speed? And 60% of accidents involving larger vehicles, the biker was at fault, and 44% of these accidents involved excessive speed. so that is 60 % of bikers in those accidents going for gaps that aren't there? and 44% of them riding way too fast for the road conditions? That is quite a large percentage in both cases there. As a driver of large vehicles day in, day out, I get fed up to the back teeth of bikers trying to illegally undertake, or trying to weave between traffic islands, when there clearly isn't room to.

As I said before, education is the only way to cut accident rates. Us large vehicle drivers have to be regularly assessed, and I think the same should apply to everyone else on the road. If everyone had their driving standards kept up to scratch every 5 years, accident rates would fall, and even our premiums could fall too.

I am not saying you do not have a point but your interpretation of the statistics is flawed and appears to be more from frustration that impassionate analysis.

The A12 can be a bit of a race track I am well aware but the Dept for Transport and Government do not do anywhere near enough to enforce the law.

Changing the speed limit to 50 mph will not solve things. An ex-colleague of mine, and I work for a top ten logistics company, took his "Gixer" to 178 mph on the A12. If you are over 100 mph over the spead limit what is 20 mph or so?

Speed camaras. Forward facing, what is all that about? Useless for catching speedding bikes.

Where are all the police checking noise etc? Back 20/30 years ago we were always getting stopped for doc check etc.

Police cuts will only make the problem worse. We need bigger fines, longer bans for breaking the laws and the police nuumbers to enforce.

Also EU wide limit to vehicle top speed of 155 mph or less.

Edited 3 September, 201114 yr by lol