20Mph Speed Limits

[joggerjayne]

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?

[Hopkirk]

Bristol has joined that club, big time.

[LazyGun]

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.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/cyclesafety/article3705446.ece

[mccfluff]

most of the schools have a 20mph limit but here is speed bump heaven. far too many of the bloody things

[joggerjayne]

//the Police do not seem at all interested in enforcing such limits//

#worthknowing!

[Hopkirk]

Often I feel it would be nice to reach 20 mph

[LazyGun]

@ Ahh the plaintive cry of the put-upon commuter :) Having to drive in and out of London on a regular basis, I can relate... :)

[Old_Geezer]

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 ?

[paddywak]

There's a stretch of road about a mile from us passing a school, very busy road with lots of bus and commercial traffic as well as your normal local usage. Three times a day at school times we get flashing lights to indicate a 20mph speed limit, most drivers just ignore them.

[SlackAlice]

Our local council has introduced 20mph for quite a few side roads and re-inforced it with speed bumps on various rat runs. Some roads need it imo.

[redvanman]

How council is strap't for cash and yet put up 20 mph limit's on all streets new posts and 20mph mark't on the road in paint must have cost a fortune stupid

[erin-x]

There are 20mph zones all over here and I don't think you can actually drive anywhere in my area without hitting a massive speed bump either!

It's a tad overkill imo...

[Canary42]

The only places I've ever seen speed traps for 20 is Bushy and Richmond Parks.

[Traci66]

I really wish they would do this in the village where I live, my house is on the main road through the village and when the buses and lorries go rumbling past at 30+ the whole house shakes.

[Connemmara]

I was pulled in by the police some years ago for going too slow - I was doing 45 when I should have been doing 50

[Hopkirk]

That is ridiculous Connemmara, what did you say?

[jno]

oh yes, 20mph, enforced by speed bumps, which seems to work quite well.

[DTCwordfan]

I welcome it for residential estates and outside schools at opening/closing time - should be like the US and double fines for the latter..... the chances of serious injury are more than cut in half from going from 30mph to 20.....