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Afternoon,
We are a Seveso Top tier site, with long entrance drive and multiple carparks and then a 15acre site with internal roads.
What speed limits do others have in place at there facilities?
( Driveway/entrance has speed bumps and signage, but with tankers and delivery's and fork lift s in use additional ramps would add to problems)
No serious incidents with traffic in last 5 years
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Maybe that you've already got in place good segregation, sight-lines, crossing places etc etc.
Previous similar threads have pointed to the real practical difficulties of "driving" a LGV at 5mph, invariably meaning feathering of the clutch.
What about a bolder approach avoiding numbers, but with "advisory" signs such as "watch your speed" and "reduce speed now"?
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Yes my problem is that with out seeking consensus, the speed has been dropped from 25kph to 15kph on all roadways. And both car users arriving for work find it difficult to maintain 15kph, the FLT's onsite also have difficulty and as for couriers!
The department that brought this is quoting " industry best practice" but I don't see evidence of this.
I can support 25kph on the drive, as a reduction from road speed, in preparation for 15kph on site.
The public road is 80kph.
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My personal experience is that 10mph (16kph) is very common with sites and internal traffic routes. That said we shouldnt just go down the arbituary number picking, but should be a result of a proper traffic management assessment for you particular site. Whatever is decided it should be both practicable and sensible. Further reading on workplace transport can be found here: http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/priced/hsg136.pdfhttp://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg199.pdf
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guru wrote:My personal experience is that 10mph (16kph) is very common with sites and internal traffic routes. That said we shouldn't just go down the arbituary number picking, but should be a result of a proper traffic management assessment for you particular site. Whatever is decided it should be both practicable and sensible. Further reading on workplace transport can be found here: http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/priced/hsg136.pdfhttp://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg199.pdf Ah Guru beet me to it :) I would say a sign with a speed limit is only as good as the person reading it. The HSE hardly mention it and instead focus on segregation and physical limitation of speed. As for FLT traffic when I worked on a top tier site we installed devices on the trucks that limited speed and and also recorded knocks and bumps, expensive but brilliant!
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