"20mph speed zones cut road injuries by 40%, study says"

'Speed kills' deniers will have a job with this one! So will the
majority of motorists who routinely break the law on speed limits and
by so doing put lives at risk.

"UK cities should have more 20mph speed zones, as they have cut road
injuries by over 40% in London, a study claims.

In particular the number of children killed or seriously injured has
been halved over the past 15 years, the British Medical Journal
reported.

The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine study estimates
20mph zones have the potential to prevent up to 700 casualties in
London alone.

At 20mph, it is estimated only one in 40 pedestrians is killed in a
crash.

This compares with a one in five chance for someone hit at 30mph..."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8406569.stm

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UK cities should have more 20mph speed zones

We should move to 20mph on all minor roads and in built up areas, 50mph on
main roads.

Hybrid vehicles could be optimised for this scenario, electric at 20, fuel
at 50.

The verge or pavement on the 50mph roads should be developed into a cycle
track. Cyclists could reasonably be asked to cycle on the 20mph roads
rather than using the pavement.

Improvement of the 50mph roads could maintain existing traffic flow. More
could be spent on them because less maintenance of the 20mph roads would be
necessary, since they would no longer be used as rat runs.

Apart form increasing safety this would reduce noise, ground level pollution
and CO2 emissions.

--
Mark Lewis, North Somerset

On Dec 11, 7:50*am, "Mark Lewis" wrote:
UK cities should have more 20mph speed zones

We should move to 20mph on all minor roads and in built up areas, 50mph on
main roads.

Hybrid vehicles could be optimised for this scenario, electric at 20, fuel
at 50.

The verge or pavement on the 50mph roads should be developed into a cycle
track. *Cyclists could reasonably be asked to cycle on the 20mph roads
rather than using the pavement.

Improvement of the 50mph roads could maintain existing traffic flow. *More
could be spent on them because less maintenance of the 20mph roads would be
necessary, since they would no longer be used as rat runs.

Apart form increasing safety this would reduce noise, ground level pollution
and CO2 emissions.

--
Mark Lewis, North Somerset

20 on all minor roads & 50 on all other roads, that should push the
cost of living up a bit.
Probably increase co2 as well.


WSR

Mark Lewis wrote:

UK cities should have more 20mph speed zones

We should move to 20mph on all minor roads and in built up areas, 50mph on
main roads.

Do you mean *all* roads in "built up areas", including dual carriageways and
other main through routes?

Would that involve a 20 limit throughout London (approx. 30 miles from east
to west and 25 from north to south)?

And by "main roads", do you mean Tottenham Court Road, Euston Road, etc, or
do you mean the M1?

Hybrid vehicles could be optimised for this scenario, electric at 20, fuel
at 50.
The verge or pavement on the 50mph roads should be developed into a cycle
track. Cyclists could reasonably be asked to cycle on the 20mph roads
rather than using the pavement.

They can "reasonably" be asked not to ride along the footway *now*. It's an
offence.

Doug wrote:

'Speed kills' deniers will have a job with this one! So will the
majority of motorists who routinely break the law on speed limits and
by so doing put lives at risk.
"UK cities should have more 20mph speed zones, as they have cut road
injuries by over 40% in London, a study claims.
In particular the number of children killed or seriously injured has
been halved over the past 15 years, the British Medical Journal
reported.
The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine study estimates
20mph zones have the potential to prevent up to 700 casualties in
London alone.
At 20mph, it is estimated only one in 40 pedestrians is killed in a
crash.
This compares with a one in five chance for someone hit at 30mph..."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8406569.stm

Meanwhile, in other news, shock "study" results reveal that traffic accidents
can be reduced by up to 100% if all traffic is banned and the population
subjected to a 24hr curfew.

On 11 Dec, 08:53, JNugent wrote:
Doug wrote:
'Speed kills' deniers will have a job with this one! So will the
majority of motorists who routinely break the law on speed limits and
by so doing put lives at risk.
"UK cities should have more 20mph speed zones, as they have cut road
injuries by over 40% in London, a study claims.
In particular the number of children killed or seriously injured has
been halved over the past 15 years, the British Medical Journal
reported.
The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine study estimates
20mph zones have the potential to prevent up to 700 casualties in
London alone.
At 20mph, it is estimated only one in 40 pedestrians is killed in a
crash.
This compares with a one in five chance for someone hit at 30mph..."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8406569.stm

Meanwhile, in other news, shock "study" results reveal that traffic accidents
can be reduced by up to 100% if all traffic is banned and the population
subjected to a 24hr curfew.

So you are against saving lives.

On 11 Dec, 08:05, webreader wrote:
On Dec 11, 7:50*am, "Mark Lewis" wrote:



UK cities should have more 20mph speed zones

We should move to 20mph on all minor roads and in built up areas, 50mph on
main roads.

Hybrid vehicles could be optimised for this scenario, electric at 20, fuel
at 50.

The verge or pavement on the 50mph roads should be developed into a cycle
track. *Cyclists could reasonably be asked to cycle on the 20mph roads
rather than using the pavement.

Improvement of the 50mph roads could maintain existing traffic flow. *More
could be spent on them because less maintenance of the 20mph roads would be
necessary, since they would no longer be used as rat runs.

Apart form increasing safety this would reduce noise, ground level pollution
and CO2 emissions.

--
Mark Lewis, North Somerset

20 on all minor roads & 50 on all other roads, that should push the
cost of living up a bit.
Probably increase co2 as well.

WSR

You can't cut our enormous bonuses. We'll just decamp abroad in large
numbers and so you'll all starve. Then you'll be sorry.

"JNugent" wrote:

We should move to 20mph on all minor roads and in built up areas, 50mph
on main roads.

Do you mean *all* roads in "built up areas", including dual carriageways
and other main through routes?

Higher speeds could be considered on those but only if a cycleway is
available on the pavement or via a nearby alternative route. If the minor
roads are 20mph they would typically form the alternative route.

--
Mark Lewis, North Somerset

"Doug" wrote in message
...
'Speed kills' deniers will have a job with this one! So will the
majority of motorists who routinely break the law on speed limits and
by so doing put lives at risk.

"UK cities should have more 20mph speed zones, as they have cut road
injuries by over 40% in London, a study claims.

20mph limits are quite sensible and approprate for many densely-populated
residential areas. 30mph is too high a speeed in many cases. However, I
would like to see the limit introduced selectively based on need rather than
a blanket limit on an entire area.

"JNugent" wrote:

"study" results reveal that traffic accidents can be reduced by up to 100%
if all traffic is banned

Quite, that is why people are now opting for vehicle-free cites.


--
Mark Lewis, North Somerset