The Transport minister, Constable Mike Jackson, wants to see arbitrary speed limits in force throughout the island.
If changes go ahead, the limit on nearly 200 miles of roads will be randomly generated on a day to day basis by a TTS supercomputer and then posted live to the roadside using wireless LED signs.
TTS are currently running an online simulation of the programme which they hope will confuse and scare so many drivers that it will effectively bring traffic in the Island to a standstill, thereby preventing any accidents that may occur as a result of reckless driving.
As an example, a trip from town to the Airport this Wednesday would see a leisurely crawl of 25mph along the La Route de St Aubin, dropping to 15mph along La Route de La Haule, before a 70mph sprint up Route de Beaumont, followed by 40mph along L’Avenue de La Reine Elizabeth II, dropping briefly to 10mph outside St Peter’s Garden Centre.
The supercomputer also has the option to reverse the direction of traffic along major routes, and to impose pointless diversions that would lead drivers on a ten mile round journey to reach a destination achievable by exiting the car and walking ten metres. These diversions will be put in place by a specially constructed algorithm that ensures they come into effect at the most awkward times, for example the first day back after school holidays, or when a small child in the car desperately requires the toilet.
Looking at the data generated by the simulation, the Minister questioned if the policy had actually been in effect for the last 10 years, but nobody had bothered telling the public.
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