I wish they would educate children in the green cross code more, the amount of times I see kids flying out into the road on bikes or crossing roads with out looking is scary. A gang of kids near me play a game were they sit in the middle of a residential road and hurl verbal abuse at cars who want to get past each summer.
The council are introducing 20mph limits on the whole town in which I live shortly. During the consultation phase, residents were encouraged to contact the council with any queries. When I asked for a link to the local road accidents stats 3 weeks before the meetings, they decided to reply after the consultation. I have never known of any road accidents involving pedestrians in the area they want to change the limit, in the 7 years that I have lived here.
I agree to having 20 mph (or even less) around schools, but people should take more care and responsibility of their dependants as pedestrians also.