'20mph for West Hove'
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Any thoughts about the validity/ invalidity of reducing the limit to 20mph?
A questionnaire/ survey just dropped through my letterbox. The title of it is '20 for safe streets'. Being as when driving, i'm generally told to get more of a move on when safe to do so, isn't this a total contradiction of everything the IAM and RoSPA have taught me? Is 30mph only for unsafe streets? Do I get an exemption certificate for my efforts to do all I can to become a better driver? Children don't play on the streets as they did when I was a kid and as far as I can recall, i've never had anyone run out infront of me on a residential road in 27 years of driving, so why do "international research" outcomes suddenly apply to West Hove?
I don't know how they're going to manage the replies to agree/disagree to 20mph limits in the 'please tell us why in the box below', so I requested to see the completely unreferenced research before answering.
"National and International research clearly shows that a 20mph speed limit leads to a reduction in road collisions and the severity of casualties, improves the quality of local neighbourhoods and encourages more walking and cycling for local trips."
Is this the 'big society' thing at work? If so, lovely. I'd like to see more people strolling to the shops in the pouring rain instead of driving, outside of the hazy daydream of yesteryear which ensues when I visualise it.
Without providing this unreferenced information, they are relying on people either asking for it or people giving an emotive opinion about it without seeing it.
PS: "Is your gender identity the same as the gender you were assigned at birth?" Important stuff this.
Yours Sincerely,
Miffed of West Hove
A questionnaire/ survey just dropped through my letterbox. The title of it is '20 for safe streets'. Being as when driving, i'm generally told to get more of a move on when safe to do so, isn't this a total contradiction of everything the IAM and RoSPA have taught me? Is 30mph only for unsafe streets? Do I get an exemption certificate for my efforts to do all I can to become a better driver? Children don't play on the streets as they did when I was a kid and as far as I can recall, i've never had anyone run out infront of me on a residential road in 27 years of driving, so why do "international research" outcomes suddenly apply to West Hove?
I don't know how they're going to manage the replies to agree/disagree to 20mph limits in the 'please tell us why in the box below', so I requested to see the completely unreferenced research before answering.
"National and International research clearly shows that a 20mph speed limit leads to a reduction in road collisions and the severity of casualties, improves the quality of local neighbourhoods and encourages more walking and cycling for local trips."
Is this the 'big society' thing at work? If so, lovely. I'd like to see more people strolling to the shops in the pouring rain instead of driving, outside of the hazy daydream of yesteryear which ensues when I visualise it.
Without providing this unreferenced information, they are relying on people either asking for it or people giving an emotive opinion about it without seeing it.
PS: "Is your gender identity the same as the gender you were assigned at birth?" Important stuff this.
Yours Sincerely,
Miffed of West Hove