I drive a minibus for Wyke College 'ere in 'Ull. The route I drive takes me across the Humber Bridge four times a day that I am at work. There are several things that puzzles me. There has been work carried out on the bridge for the past few weeks and it is now very difficult to know what speed to cross the bridge. Prior to the work, the speed was 50 m.p.h. and there were several signs as you crossed the bridge that reminded you. Now the signs that were there have mostly been blacked out. So the assumption is that the last speed sign you see is the one to follow. That is the sign, before the toll booth, on the south bound route, is 30 m.p.h. On the north bound route there is a 50 sign shortly followed by a 30 m.p.h. sign. So the legal speed, both ways on the bridge is 30 m.p.h. Problem solved!
This leads to my second problem. Yesterday, I drove at 30 m.p.h. south bound over the bridge. The car in front of me had disappeared from view as I approached the half-way point. Even before the works started, very few drivers adhered to the speed limit of 50 m.p.h. I would suggest that the Bridge Board install speed cameras on the bridge, like on the M4 to slow down the traffic as it approaches the Bridge and/or Tolls. Are there any other suggestions?
