Plenty 20

Good old Embra Cooncil.

Despite a long list of failed (and usually expensive) traffic control schemes, they have now brewed up a new idea. 25 miles of roads from Arthur's Seat to Blackford Hill are to have the speed limit reduced to 20mph.

Portsmouth is cited as the shining example of accident reduction (15%) under this type of scheme. Embra Cooncil have 'no doubt' that the £100k scheme would be a success. (Guffaw at that as much as you like).

I fail to follow the logic that a car travelling at 30mph is more likely to be involved in an accident than a car travelling at 20mph. This logic would mean that our motorways would be end-to-end scenes of carnage!!

Why can't they state that slower speed only reduces the severity of an accident?

Here is a far better plan to reduce the number of accidents...

Shift some responsibility back onto other road users. Pedestrians and cyclists especially!

Drive through any town at school lunchtime and you will see the pavements packed with kids who will step onto the road, and even attempt to cross, without bothering to look. What happened to the Green Cross Code? Have you seen the look on their faces when you audibly inform them of your vehicles presence? Do they hurry their pace to get out of danger?

Why do we test a driver at 17 and then assume they are fit to drive until they are 70? There are incompetent drivers from one age to the other.

Name the last street you drove down where your attention was NOT diverted by pointless speed bumps (mountains in some cases), potholes that some 3rd world families would call spacious and self-righteous cyclists who weave in and out of traffic, generally ignore the rules that drivers must abide by and seem to think that the roads, paid for by motorists, are there for them and no one else?

How much would it cost to ask people to be responsible for their own actions instead of treating the motorist as guilty regardless?