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20Mph Speed Limits
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Some of the roads in our town have been given 20mph speed limits. Yeah yeah, I know.
I've just been looking through some copies of the ArseGas from last week. There was a survey, carried out with a radar gun company, to find out if the traffic was obeying the new limit.
The percentage of cars which obeyed the 20mph limit was ... 4.23%
Even some cyclists were going faster than that. Probably me, actually, lol
Are any other local authorities experimenting with 20mph speed limits?
I've just been looking through some copies of the ArseGas from last week. There was a survey, carried out with a radar gun company, to find out if the traffic was obeying the new limit.
The percentage of cars which obeyed the 20mph limit was ... 4.23%
Even some cyclists were going faster than that. Probably me, actually, lol
Are any other local authorities experimenting with 20mph speed limits?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Lots of cities seem interested in introducing it, but the Police do not seem at all interested in enforcing such limits, it would seem;
http:// www.the times.c o.uk/tt o/publi c/cycle safety/ article 3705446 .ece
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It's a ridiculous imposition anyway. One can see a reason to compensate for incompetent councils that put schools on busy roads, but not elsewhere. 30 mph has been fine for decades. A road is supposed to be a dangerous place, people ought not expect to be wrapped in cotton wool and remain in perfect safety all their lives impinging on others in the process. There ought to be a sanity check for those who want to get into power and pass this nonsense. It is a prime example of how society is being made as ludicrous thing these days. 20 today, 10 tomorrow, 3 the day after. When are these people going to be prevented from ruining everything ?