FAO anyone who supports the 20mph limits..

[north stand seagull]

No this isn't a witch hunt

Simply wondering if anyone would be willing to answer a few questions over pm/email about why they are in favour of this. Just need to get a range of opinions for some work that i'm doing.

 

[Stumpy Tim]

Sure. I wasn't in favour until I did a Speed Awareness Course

 

[AmexRuislip]

Sure. I wasn't in favour until I did a Speed Awareness Course

I did one of them courses in Ealing, very informative indeed.
Did you get a couple of attendees who could not speak a word of the old local lingo?
Some of the course time was taken up in trying to get across to them the purpose of the attendance.

 

[goldstone68]

Everybody should do a speed awareness course, it does make you think about your own driving style.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

I'm quite happy with 20mph speed limits, and would be happy to cooperate - as long as you're not in too much of a hurry.

 

[Foul Play Rocks]

I'm quite happy with 20mph speed limits, and would be happy to cooperate - as long as you're not in too much of a hurry.

Oh very good.

 

[Easy 10]

They make sense in certain areas, ie outside schools. But there seems to have been little thought or strategy in implementing them.

Trafalgar Road in Portslade is 20mph. Yet Vale Road, which runs directly off Trafalgar Road, has a school in it. And that's still 30. Gardner Road as well, runs off a 20mph road, has a primary school along it, yet is still 30. Go figure.

I pretty much ignore the 20mph limit, but naturally slow down to around that when passing schools, particularly in the mornings or at turfing out time. Anyone with half a brain can drive to the conditions of the road, you don't have to drive to the maximum limit all the time. Just use some common sense.

 

[goldstone]

Sure. I wasn't in favour until I did a Speed Awareness Course

So why 20mph then? Why not 10mph? Bound to be safer. Or better still have a man with a red flag walking in front of every car.

 

[Daddies_Sauce]

http://www.iam.org.uk/media-and-res...survey-drivers-opinions-of-20mph-speed-limits

"Our survey shows most drivers are not in favour of replacing 30mph limits with 20mph limits, however there is large scale support for 20mph limits outside schools and strong support for a tailored education course rather than a fine for drivers caught speeding up to 30mph in 20mph zones."

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Feel free to pm me. I'm in favour of the 20 mph limit.

 

[symyjym]

20mph gives everyone a fair chance, whether it is pedestrians crossing the road or other cars pulling out from junctions. There was never any real point in racing to every red light anyway because 20mph doesn’t add to the journey time, it just makes driving more chilled.

Last year I had a young lad of about 7-8 suddenly run out in front of me in Blatchington Road, to get to his brother on the other side, and doing just the 20mph only resulted in the child bursting into tears when I screeched to a halt. I have replayed that scene in my head since then but with me doing 30mph, and it could have been quite messy.

 

[Daddies_Sauce]

http://www.iam.org.uk/media-and-res...hive/20505-casualties-increase-in-20mph-zones

 

[symyjym]

http://www.iam.org.uk/media-and-res...hive/20505-casualties-increase-in-20mph-zones

"The IAM are concerned that this is because simply putting a sign on a road that still looks like a 30mph zone does not change driver behaviour."

So it's not the 20mph that has seen the increase, it's the problem with people who are not paying attention to the road being 20mph.

 

[vegster]

20mph gives everyone a fair chance, whether it is pedestrians crossing the road or other cars pulling out from junctions. There was never any real point in racing to every red light anyway because 20mph doesn’t add to the journey time, it just makes driving more chilled.

Agree 100%.

 

[LowerWesty]

Feel free to pm me. I'm in favour of the 20 mph limit.

Yes but what does Proff. Beaker think?

 

[goldstone]

20mph gives everyone a fair chance, whether it is pedestrians crossing the road or other cars pulling out from junctions. There was never any real point in racing to every red light anyway because 20mph doesn’t add to the journey time, it just makes driving more chilled.

Last year I had a young lad of about 7-8 suddenly run out in front of me in Blatchington Road, to get to his brother on the other side, and doing just the 20mph only resulted in the child bursting into tears when I screeched to a halt. I have replayed that scene in my head since then but with me doing 30mph, and it could have been quite messy.

If you were doing 10mph you wouldn't have had to "screech to a halt", and if the man with the red flag had been walking in front of you he would have seen him first.

 

[mothy]

I live in a street & area of 20mph zones. I'm very happy with them. Theres a lot of kids in the area & If it slows the traffic down & makes it safer for them, then I'm all for it.

If people dont slow down & run someone over, I'm glad it means that if at 35mph before they'd have probably got away with it. Whereas now they'll get busted (I hope).

Most of the people I see speeding are commuters passing through taking short cuts & not locals.

For me its like parking permits. Most of those in the zones support it. Its only those outside the zones who feel hard done by - & they don't even live there

I'm happy to answer any questions you may have

 

[Stumpy Tim]

I did one of them courses in Ealing, very informative indeed.
Did you get a couple of attendees who could not speak a word of the old local lingo?
Some of the course time was taken up in trying to get across to them the purpose of the attendance.

Did mine at Withdean,and it was all very middle class. Quite a few people were there to try to claim they did nothing wrong, but when they explain why things are done it makes perfect sense

 

[Notters]

Nope. As an air quality consultant I know that it's killing people needlessly. But the authorities won't tell you that. Nor will the speed awareness courses.

 

[Stumpy Tim]

Nope. As an air quality consultant I know that it's killing people needlessly. But the authorities won't tell you that. Nor will the speed awareness courses.

Tell us more.

The thing for me is watching people accelerate up to 30-40 MPH in Brighton, and then stopping at traffic lights for a little longer... the average speed across Brighton is below 20MPH for sure