Limit a failure here
WE have experience of a 20mph speed limit with amber warning lights near schools in Worthing already, having driven through these many times, all the vehicles I have followed have not reduced their speed from 30mph completely ignoring the 20 limit.
Even if there were speed cameras on all the roads it would make no difference, drivers only slow down for the distance that they are within the cameras, sights and then immediately speed up even though the whole road is the same speed limit.
How on earth can it be policed, impossible I would say! A bit like trying to police mobile phones being used while driving, we all know the dangers and the the punishment if caught, but not a day goes by that I don’t see it happening.
The police are already overstretched, wouldn’t we rather they were spending their time dealing with situations like muggings, rape, burglary, etc., rather than standing on the roadside because someone has been driving at 23mph.
Also, the road rage that will be caused because of a 20mph speed limit would stretch them even more, impatient, frustrated drivers are not good drivers, do we really want more of them on our roads, if what we want is more accidents then reduce the limit to 20mph.
I am 53 years old and have driven a car and ridden a motorcycle since I was 17 years old, I stick to the speed limits, I am one of the most patient people you could ever meet, but a 20 mile an hour speed limit would certainly test my patience, I would still be in second gear at that speed.
My vote if I had one would definitely be no, don’t do it.
I went to every single meeting about the proposed controlled parking zones in Worthing, there were plenty of people against it, even when the votes from the public were counted there were more against than for, but it is going ahead, anyway, so I am afraid I don’t have much confidence in the local committee that passed it. Hopefully when the 20mph issue is passed on for public consultation they will let every Worthing resident know as we only found out about the CPZ from a neighbour by chance.
Jeannie Bradshaw
Lyndhurst Road
Worthing
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Sunday, March 4, 2012 at 03:56 PMData from Schools Safety Zones shows that drivers do slow down - 7.5mph slower outside Chatsmore, 6.5mph slower outside St. Andrew's, 5.7mph slower outside Chessword. The problem is that 97% of injuries to children on Worthing's roads don't happen in School Safety Zone areas. That's why we need 20mph on all residential roads. The majority of drivers obey residential speed limits with existing levels of policing so there's no reason to believe that people wouldn't slow down and the above data proves it. Far more people are killed and injured in road collisions than muggings, rapes and burglaries etc. Slower speeds creates a calmer, less aggressive and safer environment for everyone. There is no need to be in 2nd gear to drive at 20mph - most vehicles can drive perfectly well at 20mph in 3rd or even 4th - try it for a week and you will save fuel, reduce emissions and you'll hardly notice any difference in journey time. Meanwhile the children of Worthing will thank you for making their lives safer.
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