20mph borough-wide ban first in country
Camden New Journal
ISLINGTON has become the first borough in the country to introduce a 20mph limit on all its residential roads. The council's east area planning committee ...
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Town centre's new 20mph limit
expressandstar.com
The county council claims the new 20mph zone will improve the town centre and make it safer for pedestrians but motorists could be forced to endure longer ...
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Residents call for lower limit on Portsmouth road
Portsmouth News
People living in Stubbington Avenue, North End, want the 30mph reduced to 20mph in line with most other roads in Portsmouth. They say motorists speed along ...
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New 20mph zones hailed
Hartlepool Today
RESIDENTS and businesses have backed a decision to cut the speed limit in three areas from 30mph to 20mph in a bid to improve safety. ...
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Topsham residents voice their delight at speed plans
Exmouth Herald
PEOPLE who live and work in Topsham have voiced their delight at news the town will soon become a 20mph zone. The joint highways committee at Devon County ...
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Brain damaged dad waits on compensation ruling
Hartlepool Today
Are you in favour of proposals to cut the speed limit to 20mph in three areas of Hartlepool? This website and its associated newspaper adheres to the Press ...
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Scottish parliament filmed as it hears how to boost cyclist numbers
road.cc
As reported yesterday on road.cc, Spokes and CTC Scotland have also urged MSPs to introduce a 20mph speed limit across the country.
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Reduced speed zones boost for York residents
The Press, York
New policies on how calls for 20mph zones across the city are dealt with are expected to be brought in by City of York Council chiefs. ...
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Funding allocated for Guildford traffic improvements
Get Surrey
A suggestion to implement a Guildford-wide 20mph speed limit was also raised but Mr Lake said it could undermine other speeding measures. ...
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CYCLING chiefs want 20mph limits to become the norm in residential streets.
Glasgow Evening Times
"20mph should be the norm for all residential streets and a maximum of 30mph on main roads." The committee was also to hear from Dave du Feu, ...
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Residents of a New Wortley housing estate are celebrating a road safety victory.
Armley Today
A 20mph speed limit is to be imposed across the Dragon Drive estate in New Wortley where five injury accidents have happened in recent years. ...
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Debate on managing trunk roads
BBC News
According to a report on casualty reduction and trunk road management, local authorities should consider increasing the use of 20mph limits in built-up ...
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20mph speed restrictions could be introduced to village
News Guardian
North Tyneside Council is considering implementing a 20mph scheme in Tynemouth village and surrounding areas to reduce traffic related accidents. ...
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Police reject blanket 20mph plans
Hornsey and Crouch End Journal
POLICE have poured cold water on plans for a Haringey-wide 20mph speed limit - saying it is too difficult to enforce. The news has disappointed residents ...
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Campaign to keep St Albans drivers to 20mph
St Albans & Harpenden Review
By Alex Lewis » ENVIRONMENTALISTS and cyclists are uniting to campaign for a 20 mile-an-hour zone for most roads in St Albans. Arguing a reduction of the ...
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Estate speed limit slashed to 20mph
Shields Gazette
By Andy Hughes THE streets around a South Tyneside estate are being hailed as safer after council chiefs slashed the speed limit to 20mph. ...
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20mph speed limit plan to be enforced at Flintshire schools
The Leader - Wrexham & Flintshire news
Flintshire County Council is now hoping to introduce 20mph speed restrictions outside some of its schools. Dave Faulkner, head of highways and ...
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Bristol streets get 20mph speed limit
Bristol Evening Post
Two large sections of south and east Bristol are set to become 20mph zones early next year – an idea that could eventually spread to the whole of the city. ...
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Protesters demand action about Bangor accident blackspot
Holyhead and Anglesey Mail
"The guidance covers 20mph zones, speed limits on urban and rural roads, particularly through communities and aims to ensure all limits are appropriate for ...
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Council can't afford 20mph school safety zones
Worcester News
By David Paine » THERE is not enough money to spend on turning areas outside all Worcestershire schools into 20mph safety zones, say transport chiefs. ...
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Travel scheme cash bypasses congestion
Dumfries and Galloway Standard
The council currently has the major cash pot at its fingertips for a sustainable travel demonstration project which has schemes for 20mph zones and park and ...
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More streets to get 20mph limits in new proposals
Bristol24-7
You can leave a response or trackback to this entry Almost all streets within the inner south and east Bristol areas will be given 20mph speed limits, ...
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Transport for London - Traffic lights used to enforce speed limit and cut road ...
DeHavilland (press release) (subscription)
The new system of timings will be introduced on Camden High Street, in support of a trial to reduce the speed limit to 20 mph. ...
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End of the scandal of waste at Waterloo
This is London
A trial in Camden of smart traffic lights, which reward drivers who keep within a 20mph speed limit by ensuring they meet only green lights while penalising ...
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Concerned Skirmett resident calls for speed review
This is Local London
Mr Allies believes residents will call for a new 20mph limit. Pat Francis, a senior technician, who is heading the review for Buckinghamshire County Council ...
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Trial speed limit of 20mph on the way for Melbourn
Royston Crow
A VILLAGE-wide speed limit of 20mph is set to be imposed in Melbourn on a trial basis. Cambridgeshire County Council has selected the village to be part of ...
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Oxford has cut speed limits - now it's Abingdon's turn
The Oxford Times
By Herald Reporter » SPEED limits in Abingdon town centre will be cut to 20mph by April — unless residents protest. Oxfordshire County Council has ...
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Bristol 20mph Plans "Unambitious" Claims Transport Boss
Original Bristol 106.5FM
We could just have 20mph areas rather than 20mph streets. "I feel that we should be more ambitious. We should see how 20mph areas reduce the casualties, ...
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Estate is officially 20mph
Weston & Somerset Mercury
A WESTON estate is now officially a 20mph zone - after missing signs scuppered previous police attempts to enforce the limit. ...
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Topsham to become 20mph zone
Exmouth Herald
City councillor Mark Starling said: "The majority of people in Topsham are in favour of a 20mph speed limit and, therefore, I do believe it meets the ...
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Row erupts over speed curbs plan
Hexham Courant
By HELEN COMPSON helen.compson@hexham-courant.co.uk AN ALMIGHTY row has broken out over whether a Hexham estate really needs a blanket 20mph speed limit. ...
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20mph speed zones likely in Colchester
Daily Gazette
Greenstead, High Woods and Colchester town centre could become the first blanket 20mph zones in the borough. We want communities to come forward and put ...
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Cabbies' fury at 20mph bid for Bridport and West Bay
Bridport News
By Chris Carson » CALLS for a blanket 20mph speed limit throughout Bridport and West Bay have been greeted with dismay by local cabbies. ...
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Speed bump query
Exmouth Journal
The speed humps and a 20mph speed limit near to Bassett's Farm School has been up and running since September - but some motorists have found away around ...
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Locals air views on Dumfries speed bump proposals
Dumfries and Galloway Standard
And the town centre would also become a 20mph zone under council travel plans. Bank Street, Irish Street, Newall Terrace, Rae Street and Queen Street are ...
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'We would love to be a 20mph city'
Lancashire Evening Post
County Hall bosses would "love" to trial the North West's first 20mph area after a pilot scheme in Portsmouth sent accidents plummeting. ...
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20mph zone proposed for Upper Norwood
Streatham Guardian
By Matt Watts » A large 20mph zone is being proposed in part of Upper Norwood in response to concerns about pedestrian safety. A consultation on a potential ...
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Why I live where I live: Robert Lindsay's family and where best to raise them
Daily Mail
However, it would be nice to see less traffic. Rosemary has started a petition to reduce the speed on our street to 20mph.
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Cycle Knutsford stokes interest in campaign to turn most of town's streets ...
Knutsford Guardian
A LOBBY group has begun a campaign to turn most of Knutsford's streets into 20mph zones. Cycle Knutsford wants the town to follow the examples of Oxford and ...
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Hampshire Fire and Rescue Provide Advice After 20mph Enforcement
AboutMyArea
Member of the public who were stopped for speeding by police within 20mph speed limit areas within Portsmouth were given the option of attending a road ...
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Dumfries councillors' fury over plan for speed bumps in town
Dumfries and Galloway Standard
They would be the only way to force drivers to comply with proposed 20mph zones after police said the plan would have to be “self-enforcing”. ...
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Pilot areas
Hexham Courant
AS one of the chief architects of the new policy to introduce “20mph without speed cushions” into Northumberland, I would like to explain what the Liberal ...
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Speed cut call for roads near Flintshire school
The Leader - Wrexham & Flintshire news
Staff and governors at Bryn Coch CP School in Mold are calling for a reduction in the speed limit to 20mph on Victoria Road as they feel motorists, ...
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20mph speed limit plan around Wirral schools
Wirral Globe
Department for Transport guidance on setting local speed limits highlights that local authorities can consider introducing 20mph speed limits, ...
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Comment: Schools need a 20mph limit in the roads outside
Liverpool Daily Post
IN the never-ending quest to keep road accident figures down, a 20mph limit outside schools seems glaringly obvious as a way forward. ...
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20mph speed limit plan around Wirral schools
Wirral Globe
Department for Transport guidance on setting local speed limits highlights that local authorities can consider introducing 20mph speed limits, ...
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Comment: Schools need a 20mph limit in the roads outside
Liverpool Daily Post
IN the never-ending quest to keep road accident figures down, a 20mph limit outside schools seems glaringly obvious as a way forward. ...
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Improved parking in 'plan for the future'
Henley Standard
CYCLE routes, 20mph speed limits in the town centre, better car parking and bus services could become a reality in Henley in future. ...
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More 20mph zones outside schools
BBC Berkshire
More 20mph zones outside schools and lower rural speed limits are to be introduced in a Berkshire borough. A Windsor and Maidenhead Council cabinet meeting ...
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20mph limit makes High Street safer
Swindon Advertiser
A NEW 20mph speed limit through a busy high street will help keep children safe, according to a local businessman. Mark Ingle, the owner of the Vale Hotel ...
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Cabinet approval for speed cuts outside schools
Maidenhead Advertiser
Royal Borough cabinet members will look into slashing speed limits outside schools to 20mph, it was agreed at a meeting on Thursday night. ...
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Campaign for 20mph limit in Farnhill and Kildwick
Craven Herald
However, he said it could be difficult to get the county council to reduce the speed limit to 20mph without putting in traffic calming measures such as ...
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Victory in road battle
Hexham Courant
It was also agreed that a permanent 20mph limit should be introduced outside Queen Elizabeth High School in Whetstone Bridge Road as part of a national ...
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Road risk to deprived area children
The Press Association
... For Pedestrians And Cyclists In Great Britain, also called for schemes to reduce speed, including the use of speed cameras, 20mph zones and road humps. ...
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Secondary schools may get 20mph zones
Lincolnshire Echo
The safety zones can include zig-zag road markings, 20mph speed limits and speed humps. Road safety experts believe they have a greater impact in cutting ...
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HAVE YOUR SAY: Calls for 20mph speed limit near schools
Maidenhead Advertiser
Highways officers are looking into the possibility of introducing 20mph zones near to schools after a public consultation revealed support for the idea. ...
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MPs call for ban on cyclists who ride bikes on pavements
The Herald
The Committee Of Public Accounts also urged a wider take-up of speed restriction measures such as road humps, speed cameras and 20mph zones to make roads ...
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Deprived kids 'more likely to die on roads'
Which?
Earlier this year transport minister Jim Fitzpatrick said more 20mph zones could be introduced in residential areas as part of a new, 10-year road safety ...
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'Cut Chester Road speeds after death'
Sunderland Echo
Councillors met last night to discuss creating 20mph zones outside schools and residential areas in part of the city. Coun Graeme Miller, chairing the ...
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Vision looks at how to make Broadgreen better
Swindon Advertiser
By James Wallin » A CRACKDOWN on flytipping and anti-social behaviour, a 20mph zone and a community shop are just some of the priorities highlighted in the ...
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'20mph limit makes us less safe'
Oxford Mail
By Chris Walker » TWO motoring experts last night claimed Oxford's new 20mph speed limits would make the city's roads more dangerous – not safer. ...
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Traffic is out of control
Western Telegraph
At the meeting of Pembroke Town Council we asked for a 20 mph speed limit within Pembroke. It was decided to ask for the 20mph restriction outside each ...
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School speed limit to go to 20mph
BBC News
Reduced speed limits could be introduced outside 10 schools in Wrexham under plans agreed by the council. There are already speed limits outside 18 of the ...
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School speed signs success
Burton Mail
The activated 20mph flashing signs have been positioned in Rolleston Road, outside de Ferrers Specialist Technology College, since the start of term. ...
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Police launch speeding crackdown in Portsmouth's 20mph zones
Portsmouth News
'And if you have an accident at 20mph it is unlikely someone will get killed or seriously injured. 'The vehicle-activated signs are working very well, ...
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New year D-day for 20mph pilot survey
This Is Cheshire
By Gareth Dunning » THE results of a pilot plan to introduce 20mph zones on the streets of Great Sankey will not be known until the new year. ...
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Plans for 20mph zone in Linthorpe revealed
GazetteLive
PLANS for a 20mph zone have been unveiled in a bid to boost road safety in Linthorpe. Middlesbrough Council wants to create the zone in the streets bounded ...
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Weather: After more rain this evening, sunny days on the way
Rome News Tribune
North wind between 10 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. North wind between 5 and 15 mph, ...
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20mph speed limit a step closer
Hornsey and Crouch End Journal
THE speed limit along a busy residential road could be cut from 30mph to 20mph, following years of calls for action. The proposal to cut the limit and ...
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20mph speed limit at two Herefordshire schools
Hereford Times
HerefordSHIRE Council is to build on a pilot scheme by putting in place two part-time 20mph speed limits – one at Madley Primary School and one at Walford ...
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Motorcycle Accident Near O'Byrnes Ferry Rd. Bridge
MyMotherLode.com
San Andreas, CA -- CAL Fire's Emergency Command Center is reporting a motorcycle accident at the 20mph curve on the Tuolumne County side of the O'Byrnes ...
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Reduced speed limits for Brighton and Hove
The Argus.co.uk
By Tim Ridgway » Councillors from all parties on Brighton and Hove City Council have agreed to support a review to introduce 20mph restrictions on certain ...
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Speed limit victory for New Wortley residents
Wortley Today
The message to motorists will be drilled home with 20mph signs designed by local schoolchildren. Councillor Stuart Andrew (Con, Lead Member for Transport) ...
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20mph limit will be lifesaver, say Greens
Lancashire Evening Post
A campaign to lower the speed limit on residential roads in the Lancaster area to 20mph will be discussed next week. Green Party councillors John Whitelegg ...
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Bid to lower speed limits outside all schools rejected
Teesdale Mercury
Teesdale's MP, Helen Goodman, unsuccessfully campaigned for the road to become a 20mph area. Teesdale councillor Richard Bell, who has helped villagers in ...
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Ruscombe Green 20 mph news
Living Streets recently had this article below from Rod King of 20s plenty and the recent 20 mph conference on 29th September in Portsmouth arguably the ...

Proposed 20mph zone in Hunmanby could be extended
Filey Today
By Staff Copy A PROPOSED 20mph zone in the middle of Hunmanby could be extended to Stonegate in a bid to make crossing the road safer for children and the ...
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Brighton residents demand action over traffic pollution
The Argus.co.uk
... near Elm Grove School, as a cut through to get to the new industrial estate at the bottom of Freshfield Road while ignoring the 20mph speed limit. ...
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Portsmouth 20mph limit study finds greatest impact on faster roads
TransportXtra
Portsmouth City Council officials have declared themselves “cautiously optimistic” following the publication of an interim evaluation of the 20mph speed ...
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Council launch Northumberland speed campaign
Journal Live
Each of the county council's three area committees is being asked to choose two of the pilot 20mph limit sites, which will be controlled by speed warning ...
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Support is shown for school speed petition
www.solihullnews.net
LABOUR'S campaigning team took to the streets at the weekend, calling for a 20mph speed limit to be introduced outside all the borough's schools. ...
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Cut traffic speeds say Welsh ams
TransportXtra
The Welsh Assembly Government should do more to encourage local authorities to introduce 20mph speed limits on urban roads and reduced speed limits on rural ...
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School Zones: Slow Down the Speed Limit is 20mph
SitNews
I thought it would be safe for most of the time due to the school zone of 20mph. For those of you who may not know the speed limit is 25mph and 20mph when ...
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Air quality strategy proposals needed sooner
Media Newswire (press release)
Making it easier for boroughs to implement and enforce 20mph zones and reducing vehicle access to parts of the city when pollution levels are very high are ...
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Councillor says 20 is plenty in Romsey
Southern Daily Echo
Hampshire's Lib Dem member for Romsey Town division Mark Cooper said areas of Ports-mouth where 20mph speed restrictions have been applied appear to work. ...
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Speed limit confusion
Sunderland Echo
By By ROSS ROBERTSON The Echo can today reveal that some of the city's 20mph zones are "advisory only", meaning motorists cannot be prosecuted for driving ...
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No motorists fined since Oxford limits lowered to 20mph
Oxford Mail
NOT a single motorist has been fined for exceeding the city's new 20mph speed limit, one month after it came into force, the Oxford Mail can reveal. ...
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Pupils step up for Walk to School Month
Sideways News
A survey published by the organisation found that 40% of parents would be happier letting their kids walk to school if speed limits were reduced to 20mph.
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How about keeping our rat-run closed?
Express & Echo
Our 20mph rat-run from Alphington Road to Cowick Street via Sydney Road, Ferndale Road, Old Vicarage Road is closed to speeding motorists for up to three ...
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Bridlington Spa speed limit petition signed by 150
Bridlington Today
By Alexa Copeland A PETITION calling for a 20mph speed limit or traffic calming measures on roads near the Spa has already attracted more than 150 ...
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20mph speed limits 'would encourage more children to walk to school'
Telegraph.co.uk
Two fifths of parents would be happier letting their children walk to school if speed limits were reduced to 20mph, according to a new survey. ...
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Police swoop on drivers who go over 20mph
Portsmouth News
By Michael Powell Drivers caught travelling above 20mph in North End yesterday were offered the chance to go straight to a road safety presentation or face ...
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Demand for 20mph limit
Isle of Wight County Press
By David Newble - Friday, October 2, 2009 RESIDENTS of Old Road in East Cowes are pressing for a 20mph speed limit and a weight restriction which would stop ...
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Councils urged to lower speed limit
RAC
Around two-fifths of parents surveyed by Living Streets said they would be happy to allow their children to walk if speed limits were reduced to 20mph. ...
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Drivers still ignoring 20mph limit, our speed check reveals
Oxford Mail
By Chris Walker » DRIVERS are still ignoring the new 20mph speed limit a month after it came into force, an Oxford Mail speed check has discovered. ...
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North Somerset schools win 20mph speed limits
Bristol Evening Post
New 20mph speed limits are to be brought in outside a number of schools in north Somerset. Illuminated signs advising drivers of the speed limit are being ...
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Speed cut planned for Chichester road
road.cc
By Kevin Emery - Posted on 01 October 2009 A road in Chichester will be getting a new 20mph speed limit and traffic-calming measures because it is a cyclist ...
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PARENTS HAPPIER TO LET KIDS WALK TO SCHOOL IF SPEED LIMIT WAS CUT
Community Newswire
By Emma Foster, Community Newswire Two fifths of parents would be happier letting their children walk to school if speed limits were reduced to 20mph, ...
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Call for speed limit cut
Islington Gazette
A CAMPAIGN to introduce a 20mph zone around King's Cross has gathered pace after a horror crash. Drinkers and shoppers were lucky to escape injury after a ...
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West Bay: No quick-fix to menace of boy racers
Bridport News
Among the ideas suggested were 20mph speed limits, traffic calming measures, such as speed bumps and actually talking to the youngsters to see what they ...
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Carry out the master plan
Penarth Times
... providing space for a great deal more chevron parking, combined with a 20mph speed limit to allay residents' justifiable fears about speeding. ...
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New 20mph limits help kill speed across network
LocalGov
The first city in the UK to introduce 20mph limits on almost all residential streets has seen average speeds fall by 7mph on faster roads. ...
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Slower speeds during school hours
Weston & Somerset Mercury
The illuminated advisory 20mph speed limits are being put near the district's schools to enhance safety. Over the next few months signs will be appearing at ...
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New signs gets speed message to drivers
Shields Gazette
A 20mph sign has been installed in Front Street, Cleadon Village, after councillors received scores of complaints from residents claiming that many ...
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Southport residents battle speed bump plans
Southport Visiter
A speed limit of 20mph would be enforced across the area. Campaigners – who have put 'Say NO!' posters in homes and businesses – have called for the ...
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Road sign blunder
Mirror.co.uk
A dozy worker wrote the 2 on this 20mph speed limit warning the wrong way round and made it look like "so". Resident Julian Menzies branded the blunder in ...
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New eco-lorry gets binmen all charged up
Oxford Mail
To adapt to its new environment, the truck, which has a range of 60 miles and takes eight hours to charge, has had its top speed fixed at 20mph – the speed ...
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Brighton and Hove could get 20mph speed limit
The Argus.co.uk
... encouraged to look at how the speed limit has affected Portsmouth after it became the first city in Britain to make almost all its residential roads 20mph.
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Speed cut planned for Fishbourne road
West Sussex Today
A new 20mph speed limit and traffic-calming measures are being planned for a Chichester cyclist accident blackspot. West Sussex County Council's south ...
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Weather to take a dramatic turn this week
Reno Gazette Journal
Breezy, with a west wind between 10 and 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 69. Breezy, with a southwest wind ...
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Drivers confused by backwards sign
Northampton Chronicle & Echo
The backwards 20mph sign has appeared on Hawthorn Road, in Abington, Northampton, close to the junction of Broadway East. It is not clear why the sign – a ...
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Red Flag Warning
WALA-TV FOX10
WESTERLY WINDS WILL LIKELY SUSTAIN BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THUS. ...
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20's Plenty for Us calls for clarity from DfT on lower residential ...
Politics.co.uk
At the “Portsmouth – Britain's 1st 20 mph City” conference on Tuesday, 29th Sep, delegates will hear how Portsmouth brought 20 mph limits to 1200 streets at ...
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BBC NEWS | UK | England | Review over 20mph zone requests
Brighton council's environment spokesman calls for a review of speed limits amid growing calls for 20mph zones.

Calls for 20mph limit near Bridlington Spa
Bridlington Today
A PETITION has been set up calling for a 20mph speed limit or traffic calming measures to be introduced on roads near Bridlington Spa. ...
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20mph speed limit plans: Consultation time extended
Daily Gazette
A CONSULTATION on plans for a blanket 20mph speed limit on Colchester's side streets is to be extended after not enough people responded. ...
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Council row halts schools safety zones plan
This is Scunthorpe
A PROPOSAL to consult 20mph zones outside every North Lincolnshire infant and junior school has been placed on hold after a council row. ...
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BBC NEWS | UK | England | Kent | Party advocates 20mph speed limit
A campaign to bring in a 20mph speed in residential areas in Kent is started by the county's Green Party.

The Leader 10 more Wrexham schools to get 20mph speed limits
News, sport, entertainment, business, jobs & property from Wrexham and Flintshire, North Wales.

We Love Stoke Newington Have your say on the 20mph zone for ...
Hackney Council is committed to making roads in the borough safer for everyone and we have a programme for 20mph speed limits on all residential roads ...

Councillor calls for 20mph on busy Flintshire road
The Leader - Wrexham & Flintshire news
She wants Flintshire Council to put a lollipop lady at the crossing, to reduce the limit from 30mph to 20mph and for appropriate signs to be put up to make ...
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Is Transport for London responsible for road humps?
Telegraph.co.uk
By Honest John About 18 months ago, Transport for London paid for a 20mph zone with speed humps/cushions in the London Borough of Havering. ...
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Pedestrians want 20mph limit in residential areas
Sussex Express
HUNDREDS of people have signed a petition calling for 20mph speed limit all over Lewes. Pedestrian pressure group Living Streets Lewes has organised the ...
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20mph speed limit could be expanded outside schools throughout ...
Wrexham Chronicle
A 20MPH speed limit could be introduced outside 10 more schools in the county borough under plans agreed by Wrexham County Borough Council. ...
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New police device used to target Topsham drivers
Devon 24
Percy said: "Speeding is a top priority at the moment in Topsham particularly because of plans to introduce a 20mph limit in the town. ...
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Cash boost could drive road safety
Lancaster Today
"The latest proposals include introducing a 20mph speed limit near the school, and traffic calming measures such as a series of interactive warning signs in ...
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Council to consider more 20mph zones
Swindon Advertiser
By Emma Streatfield » SWINDON council has said it will consider a coroner's recommendation to lower the speed limit on a road where a six-year-old boy died. ...
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New curbs 'could cut road deaths'
BBC News
More 20mph zones and less roadside clutter are among a series of proposals to help prevent deaths on Welsh roads. The report by the assembly's enterprise ...
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Speed cordons at north schools near completion
Aberdeen Press and Journal
Altnaharra Primary School in central Sutherland will be the last to have the 20mph limits past the doors at peak periods. From Monday, a 40mph speed limit ...
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Crash blame proposals 'not being considered'
Bike Biz
Speaking at the weekend, he said: “I would like to see the legal onus placed on motorists when there are accidents; speed limits reduced to 20mph on ...
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VIDEO: Crash course in saving lives
Glasgow Evening Times
As revealed recently by the Evening Times, Glasgow City Council is considering bringing in a 20mph speed limit in residential areas. ...
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Bicester dad tells of son's horror accident
Oxford Mail
By Emily Allen » A FATHER has told of his horror at seeing his son thrown more than 10ft after being hit by a car – two months after he called for a 20mph ...
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Oswestry 20mph plan Shropshire Star
Council highways chiefs are to investigate calls to make Oswestry town centre a 20mph zone. Council highways chiefs are to investigate calls to make ...

'Oxford's new 20 mph limit is a safety hazard'
Oxford Mail
SERIOUS accidents between cars and cyclists are now “inevitable” after 20mph speed limits were imposed across Oxford, a driving instructor has claimed. ...
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What's More Dangerous? Insure.com Looks at Everyday Risks, From ...
PR Newswire (press release)
What's more dangerous: Driving 20 mph drunk or driving 90 mph sober? All things considered, it's more dangerous to drive 90 mph sober than to drive 20 mph ...
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Cults householders oppose speed bumps
Aberdeen Press and Journal
They have welcomed plans for a 20mph speed restriction but are concerned that speed bumps proposed for nearby Pitfodels Station Road and Inchgarth Road will ...
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Lollipop lady warning to speeding Lichfield drivers
thisislichfield.co.uk
A LICHFIELD lollipop lady has urged drivers not to break a 20mph speed limit to protect hundreds of schoolchildren. As pupils start a fresh term, ...
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Drivers 'should always be blamed for cycle crashes'
Daily Mail
A report being prepared by officials for ministers is expected to recommend that councils should introduce 20mph zones in residential streets where there ...
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Green gauge
guardian.co.uk
... a case of "Kill your speed, kill the planet"? Edmund King, of the AA, says 20mph zones create higher emissions due to our tendency to drive in a lower gear.
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Twenty is Plenty!
AboutMyArea
Are you fed up with reckless motorists who speed through the zone at WELL over 20mph? Did you know that this particular 20mph zone is actually ILLEGAL? ...
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Campaigning for school crossings
Lincolnshire Echo
Ms Kirk, a parent governor at St Hugh's Primary School, in Woodfield Avenue, Doddington Park, believes that existing measures including 20mph advisory speed ...
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Mixed response to Norwich 20mph zones
Norwich Evening News
Highways bosses are being asked to put their decision on hold over whether to roll out 20mph speed limits across the city. Three 20mph zones were set up ...
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Rat run to get 20mph speed limits
Norwich Evening News
A city “rat run” which has either narrow or no pavements is being recommended for improvements and a 20mph speed limit. Part of Leopold Road has no footpath ...
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Speed limit cuts 'would save lives'
RAC
There has also been "scant mention" in the Government document of a plan to use a 20mph speed limit, which the MSP argued could help make roads safer for ...
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Cyclists allowed to ride wrong way along one-way streets
Telegraph.co.uk
It has suggested that it may also be necessary to introduce 20mph speed limits on some of the roads to avoid cyclists feeling intimidated by oncoming ...
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Bevy of speeding tickets as restriction near new school trips up ...
Staten Island Advance - SILive.com
Staten Island's newest speed trap is snaring unsuspecting drivers who must drop from a highway speed of 50 mph to 30 mph on the off-ramp, to a 20-mph crawl ...
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Vintage car rally
Lancashire Evening Post
The area around a prominent Lancashire school is to be converted into a 20mph zone. A 20mph speed limit will be put in place around Lancaster Royal Grammar ...
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Tamworth school to pilot new 20mph speed limit
BirminghamMail.net
The town's Lark Hall Community Infant School is one of four in Staffordshire picked to take part in a 20mph trial after it emerged that “mad” motorists were ...
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Motorists still speed at scene of tragedy
The Star
Despite the introduction of a 20mph speed limit on Maple Road where seven-year-old Kyle McDermott was knocked down by a van, his family are still being ...
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Gemma Fraser: The Hard and fast rules of the road
Edinburgh Evening News
In Edinburgh, the council has said that introducing 20mph zones in 29 residential areas across the city has halved the number of accidents from 149 to 75. ...
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The magic of roundabouts
The Sun
Inhabitants feared the streets were too wide to cross given the dangers of new-fangled, 20mph cars - so a large pedestrian traffic island was constructed. ...
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Rare picture of bat in flight
Metro
Travelling at 20mph and with wing beats not visible to the human eye, the nocturnal animals are notoriously difficult to photograph. ...
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Time to stop speed madness, says group
The Cornishman
The St. Nicholas Street Traffic Calming and Conservation Group are demanding a 20mph speed limit along the road together with speed cushions and signs to ...
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Hourly Updates: Wednesday, September 16
Express & Echo
Low-speed zones will be targeted by officers as they clamp down on drivers who ignore 20mph restrictions. The initiative has been prompted by local ...
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Students success in speed safety day
This Is The Westcountry
... rather than enforcement and pupils handed out booklets on road safety as they reminded drivers that the speed limit outside all schools is 20mph. ...
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20mph limits imposed across Oxford
TransportXtra
The new limits apply to almost all residential minor roads in the city, most un-numbered through-roads and some sections of A and B roads that run through ...
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£750000 cost of 20mph speed zone in heritage village
Bradford Telegraph Argus
By Ben Barnett » Councillors have agreed to cut the speed limit to 20mph on the roads of Saltaire – on the condition of attracting outside investment of up ...
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Backing for speed curbs in Calne
North Wiltshire and Kennet Gazette & Herald
By Alana Lewis » Town councillors have backed the introduction of a 20mph limit at a new housing estate in Calne. The development off Greenacres Way was ...
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New Jersey weather outlook for Thursday, September 10 2009-strong ...
Examiner.com
Today: Periods of rain, heavy at times, with winds from the east around 10 to 20 mph with higher gusts. Temperatures will rise into the lower to mid 60's ...
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New 20mph limit for danger road
Camden New Journal
Transport for London (TfL) now plan to install a new set of cameras that clock drivers' average speed – due to be set at 20 mph. The cameras are new, ...
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Council asked to rethink 20mph zone plan at Westminster Road, Clifton
The Press in York
Three councillors have asked for decisions taken by City of York Council's transport chief, about making Westminster Road, in Clifton, a 20mph zone, ...
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AA speaks out on 20mph zones
Admiral
The emission-reducing effect of 20mph zones has not been properly assessed, according to the AA. And while the motoring organisation supports the zones in ...
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Speeding teenager who struck girl loses licence
Get Surrey
If Aron Cox, now 19, had been driving his blue Citroën Saxo at the speed limit of 20mph along Hornbeam Road, in Guildford, he would have stopped before ...
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AA Gets The Hump Over 'Excessive' Schemes
Sky News
Some 20mph speed zones were being introduced without a proper assessment of their impact on CO2, he pointed out, adding that some park-and-ride schemes were ...
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Poaching young football players, just like over elaborate traffic ...
Fleet Directory
There is talk that urban areas will have a speed limit of 20mph in the near future and from a safety point of view this must be applauded but let us not ...
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Eton's one-way system reviewed to calm speeding
Maidenhead Advertiser
A police report at an earlier meeting had revealed that taxis were regularly breeching the 20mph limit. At last Thursday's meeting the town's mayor ...
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Speed cameras may enforce 20mph limit
Lancashire Evening Post
By Matthew Squires Portable speed cameras should be used to help enforce 20mph limits across a Lancashire city, a campaign group has said. ...
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Road campaign gets police boost
Hexham Courant
Nearly 3000 people have now put their names to his petition calling for a 20mph speed limit, which was given further credence recently when a survey showed ...
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20mph limit 'not way to cut accidents'
North Norfolk News
Blanket 20mph speed limits are not the answer to cutting accidents on Norfolk's roads, according to the county's transport chiefs. ...
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Safety vision is 20mph speed limit for Todmorden
Todmorden Today
CREATING a European style 'home zone' in the centre of Todmorden would improve safety and put the vulnerable first, claim road safety campaigners. ...
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Buses need to "calm down" to prevent injury says city solicitor
Paul Rooney Solicitors
From the cases we have seen down the years we believe that a 20mph speed limit imposed on buses driving in built up areas would reduce accidents and would ...
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Little Sophie cheats death
St. Helens Star
Sophie's family is now calling on St Helens Council to reduce the speed limit in St James Road to 20mph. Her gran, Linda Donohue, aged 57, who is partially ...
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Oxford's new 20mph speed limit is unenforceable
Oxford Mail
By Chris Walker » OXFORDSHIRE County Council has admitted new 20mph speed limits are not yet legally enforceable on some city roads — because insufficient ...
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Cut the speed limit to 20mph on every road in Bristol, say campaigners
Bristol Evening Post
The proposed 20mph speed limit will apply to all residential streets within the pilot areas that are not considered to be a major traffic route. ...
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Cycle Campaigners Demand City-Wide 20 Limit
Original Bristol 106.5FM
Cycling campaigners in Bristol want the council to impose a 20mph limit across the city. Transport bosses last week announced two large parts of east and ...
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Slow down
Crewe Chronicle
SCHOOLS and residents are demanding a 20mph speed limit and a ban on heavy traffic on Wellington Road before a child is killed. ...
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Plans for Preston-wide 20mph limit 'impractical'
Lancashire Evening Post
By Matthew Squires Plans to make thousands of residential streets across Preston 20mph zones are "impractical," the leader of Lancashire's highways ...
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NEW CITY LIMITS: What you said
The Oxford Times
“If you consider that traffic will spend longer within the city at 20mph and take longer to get out, it's almost certainly going to cause more congestion. ...
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Call for action to tackle speeding drivers
Norwich Evening News
It is the third crash of its kind to have happened down the 20mph road since April, and has fuelled residents' concerns that there will soon be a fatality ...
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Safety of children is top priority on roads
Harrogate Today
Let's not go backwards on this safety issue and instead think how we can improve things even further by installing a 20mph zone and traffic lights crossing ...
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Where is petition opposing 20mph?
Sussex Express
May I speak up for the people in Lewes who do not want a 20 mph speed limit? Obviously the slower the cars the less serious the accidents but the current ...
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Glasgow plans 20mph limits
TransportXtra
Glasgow City Council is to consult on plans for 20mph speed limits across residential streets in the city. The council looks set to follow Portsmouth and ...
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Good time to review safe driving rules
Niles Herald Spectator
Most schools have clearly identified stretches of road labeled school zones where drivers are required to reduce their speeds to 20 mph between 7 am and 4 ...
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Crossing bid in historic Devizes street
This is Wiltshire.co.uk
Residents plagued by a rise in heavy lorry use over the last two years appealed to the council for a 20mph zone and traffic calming. ...
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Drive for 20mph zone at 'rat-run'
The Press in York
York's transport leaders have been asked to make Westminster Road, in Clifton, a 20mph zone and carry out further analysis of how fast vehicles travel along ...
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Bristol roads to get 20mph speed limits
Bristol Evening Post
A 20mph speed limit could soon be imposed on hundreds of residential roads in Bristol. The city council has released maps showing two areas of the city ...
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Council wants more people to use public transport
This is Wiltshire.co.uk
By James Wallin » TRAMS, 20mph zones and cycle paths could be at the heart of changes to Swindon's transport network over the next two decades. ...
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City council and Active Bristol unveil new proposed 20mph ...
eGov monitor
Proposed new 20mph schemes aim to cut accidents and boost cycling and walking in Bristol City. A maximum speed limit of 20mph is proposed in two residential ...
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20mph limit proposed
TeleText
Maximum speed limits of 20mph have been proposed for two areas of Bristol in a bid to cut accidents. The suggested limit will apply to all residential ...
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Cutting traffic speed would prompt more to walk and cycle
Halifax Evening Courier
One correpondent says that introducing a 20mph zone just moves the accidents a few streets away. This is a common misconception, but in fact the Department ...
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Large Parts of Bristol to Become 20mph Zones
Original Bristol 106.5FM
Bristol City Council has announced plans to cut the speed limit in two large parts of the city to 20mph. The eastern zone will include Eastville, Easton, ...
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All residential roads could get 20mph speed limit
Lancashire Evening Post
Preston will become a 20mph city under radical proposals to slash the speed limit on EVERY residential road. Politicians will debate controversial plans on ...
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Calls to reduce speed limit to 20mph
VAdvert Press Center (press release)
The Government is being urged to reduce the standard speed limit to 20mph to improve road safety, in a move which could ultimately also reduce the number of ...
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Large Parts of Bristol to Become 20mph Zones
Original Bristol 106.5FM
Bristol City Council has announced plans to cut the speed limit in two large parts of the city to 20mph. The eastern zone will include Eastville, Easton, ...
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All residential roads could get 20mph speed limit
Lancashire Evening Post
Preston will become a 20mph city under radical proposals to slash the speed limit on EVERY residential road. Politicians will debate controversial plans on ...
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Calls to reduce speed limit to 20mph
VAdvert Press Center (press release)
The Government is being urged to reduce the standard speed limit to 20mph to improve road safety, in a move which could ultimately also reduce the number of ...
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Farnhill couple call for 20mph limit
Craven Herald
A couple from Farnhill are campaigning to get the speed limit reduced to 20mph through the village. Helen and Chris Law, who live in High Farnhill, ...
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20mph speed limit to safeguard pupils.
Hastings Observer
... by erecting new signs which will have orange flashing lights, to be activated at the start and end of the school day, and an advisory 20mph speed limit. ...
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Low cost of bringing 20mph limit to town
Sussex Express
IT is encouraging that the two well-thought-out letters last Friday (August 14) basically favoured 20mph for Lewes. The county council intends a 20mph limit ...
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Too much 'Big Brother' in Sidmouth
Sidmouth Herald
"I do find some of the 20mph zones extremely frustrating and at the moment they are not entirely enforceable, like the Woolbrook one. ...
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Bus drivers 'drink coffee, use phone behind wheel'
Camden New Journal
It comes after a number of alleged near misses by double and single deck buses when they turn at speed into Pemberton Gardens, for the depot – a 20mph zone ...
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City set for slowdown with new 20mph zones
Glaswegian
GLASGOW City Council (GCC) is to consult on new plans to introduce mandatory 20mph zones in residential areas across the city. ...
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Local West Yorkshire News Meltham 20mph speed limit plans receive ...
Huddersfield Examiner
A TRAFFIC calming scheme, which will make Meltham Kirklees' first 20mph village, received a mixed reception from residents yesterday. ...
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'No planned improvements' for Kingston town centre accident site
Surrey Comet
By Louise Robertson » There are no plans to introduce a 20mph limit on the stretch of road where a taxi knocked down an 81-year-old woman last week, ...
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Your answers to Mill Rd puzzle
Cambridge Evening News
A LMOST half the respondents to a survey by the News believe slashing the speed limit to 20mph is the best option to improve safety on Cambridge's Mill Road ...
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Back 20mph zones for Norwich - call
Norwich Evening News
People who want to see a blanket 20mph speed limit introduced in all Norwich's residential streets were today urged to make their feelings known - or risk ...
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Pensioners calls for street calming
This is Somerset
Mrs Harrison, who has lived in Silver Street for 37 years, is now calling for a 20mph limit to be introduced as well as electronically activated signs to ...
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Lower 'Nailsea motorway' speed
Weston & Somerset Mercury
A CONCERNED Nailsea pensioner is calling for a 20mph speed limit to be introduced in a road she has dubbed 'Nailsea motorway'. Maureen Harrison has written ...
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20mph signs go up around Oxford
Oxford Mail
THE first 20mph signs have been put up in North and West Oxford ahead of the start of a controversial scheme which will see speed limits lowered on vast ...
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Glasgow to roll out mandatory 20mph zones
LocalGov
Glasgow City Council has announced plans to introduce a blanket 20mph zone in all residential areas in a bid to improve the city's poor health record. ...
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Roving cameras will enforce city's 20mph speed limit
Portsmouth News
Until now only police have dished out fines if they spot anyone breaking the 20mph limit. From the scheme's introduction in May 2007 until June last year ...
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Plans unveiled for 20mph zone in Meltham
Huddersfield Examiner
A TRAFFIC-calming scheme, which will make Meltham the first 20mph town or village in Kirklees, will be unveiled. Kirklees Council is putting its £90000 ...
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Row over speed strips rumbles on
Pocklington Post
The new block paving strips around the town centre are part of news safety measures, along with a reduced 20mph limit, and cost £20000. ...
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20mph option for busy street
Cambridge Evening News
Road safety bosses yesterday said a 20mph maximum was one of the options for a £400000 improvement scheme at the accident-ridden route. ...
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Police medic found guilty of speeding: He was 20mph over limit ...
Halifax Evening Courier
By Joe Shute A POLICE surgeon has been found guilty of speeding after he drove at nearly 20mph over the speed limit while on a call from Halifax station. ...
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Topsham 20mph speed limit comments
Express & Echo
TOPSHAM residents are being asked to comment on plans to make almost the whole of the town a 20mph zone. The majority of roads in Topsham have a 30mph speed ...
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2000 drivers a day break road's speed limit
Hexham Courant
The findings demonstrate the urgent need, says one father, for a 20mph limit on the stretch that runs between Queen Elizabeth High School and St Joseph's ...
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Safety plan for Norwich danger road
Norwich Evening News
There will also be a new zebra crossing in Magdalen Road and the 20mph speed limit will be extended from Constitution Hill to the junction of Waterloo Road. ...
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Charity urges 20mph speed limit
BBC News
A charity has called for a new 20mph speed limit across all residential roads in London to encourage a greater sense of safety and community. ...
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20mph speed limit plan for Ferndown roads
Bournemouth Daily Echo
By Timothy John » SPEED limits could be cut to 20mph on roads around Ferndown if residents back the findings of a traffic group. Motorists could be slowed ...
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Good or bad: Should women be allowed to box?
The Herald
An adult punch to the head is the equivalent of being hit by a 12lb padded mallet travelling at 20mph. Each punch will cause the brain to crash against the ...
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Child-shaped bollards help slow traffic
Environmental Transport Association
The steel mannequins cost £350 each and have been placed outside Avenue Primary School in Leicester to help enforce a 20mph speed limit. ...
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Temple Newsam: Call for 20mph limit near schools
Seacroft Today
Coun Lyons is now pressing Leeds City Council's Highways Department to restrict the speed limits on roads that are close to the schools to 20mph. ...
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'Child bollards' put outside Leicester school to shock speeding ...
Mirror.co.uk
The bollards are part of a recent wave of speed humps, 20mph zones and warning signs put up by the city council.
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Britain's streets have become 'no-go areas' for children, campaign ...
Telegraph.co.uk
Living Streets is calling for a 20mph speed it in built-up areas, a reduction in the school run, towns designed with pedestrians in mind and more street ...
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Safer streets
The Herald
The Glasgow Health Commission is to be congratulated on advocating 20mph in all residential areas, recognising it is children, elderly and those in more ...
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Anger over traffic calming proposals at Aberdeen school
Aberdeen Evening Express
The plan, which also includes a 20mph limit, is in a bid to reduce congestion when pupils are dropped off and picked up. Dad-of-two Graham Payne, ...
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Backing for 20mph school speed zone at Penygroes
South Wales Guardian
THERE should be a 20mph speed zone outside a Gwendraeth Valley school to safeguard pupils from speeding motorists. That is the hardline view of local county ...
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'Child bollards' to deter speeders
The Press Association
A spokesman for the council said the total cost of the traffic-calming scheme, which included the bollards, as well as speed humps, 20mph zones, ...
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'Parents worry more about daft motorists than axe murderers'
The Herald
PARENTS have backed the Commission's suggestion of permanent 20mph limits in Glasgow after claiming that their children being injured or killed by speeding ...
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'Glasgow really can change for the better'
The Herald
They advocate the introduction of mandatory 20mph speed limits in residential areas and making Glasgow a child-friendly city. Professor Pamela Gillies ...
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Topsham speeding consultation
Exmouth Herald
TOPSHAM residents are invited to attend a public exhibition at Matthews Hall to express their views over proposed 20mph speed limits in the town. ...
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Road safety plans rejected
Craven Herald
And plans to narrow Holme Lane, introduce speed tables and a 20mph zone have also been scrapped following objections that the road was not suitable and ...
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Five cabbies suspended after spot checks
Maidenhead Advertiser
PC Parker revealed that virtually all the rest had been ignoring the 20mph speed limit that operates in Eton. He said that although some leeway had been ...
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Horsforth: Airport rat run fears lead to 20mph zone
Calverley Today
By Laura Bowyer A 20mph zone will be introduced following concerns about drivers using residential streets as a rat run to Leeds Bradford Airport. ...
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Motorists face roadwork disruptions in Crosby
Crosby Herald
Temporary lane closures (northbound traffic) and a 20mph speed limit will be in place between Knowsley Road and Cambridge Road on Crosby Road South for ...
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Cut speed in our village
Halifax Evening Courier
By Colin Drury A village could become a 20 mph zone after residents launched a campaign to cut accidents. More than 130 people have signed a petition ...
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Call for speed camera at accident blackspot
Hexham Courant
By HELEN COMPSON CAMPAIGNERS lobbying for a 20mph speed limit found themselves wrong-footed on Monday when Hexham Town Council voted for a speed camera ...
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Public not convinced about Skipton traffic calming
Craven Herald
Area traffic manager Chris Craven said the proposed work included a puffin crossing at the girls' high school for 2009/10 and a 20mph zone in Gargrave Road ...
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Town cuts speed limit
Blackpool Gazette
ACCIDENT blackspots in Fleetwood will have a 20mph speed limit imposed on them in a bid to cut the number of car crashes. Lancashire County Council will ...
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Mum's speed-cut move gaining momentum
Eastbourne Today
By Joanne Smith A MUM'S campaign to introduce a 20mph speed limit near her son's school may soon be realised after East Sussex County Council agreed to look ...
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Cyclists look to the future
The Star
The organisation's key objectives are safer streets – with 20mph limits in all residential areas and better driver behaviour. It wants to drive d own the ...
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Teams to tackle speeding in Wellingborough
Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph
Cllr George Blackwell, county and borough councillor for Earls Barton, has been campaigning to get a 20mph speed limit in the centre and would like to see ...
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New 20mph speed limit set for city Horsham Today
New 20mph speed limit set for city - New 20mph speed limits are to be introduced on Oxford's roads, in a move welcomed by safety campaigners.

20mph zone plea for kids' safety
Tottenham, Wood Green and Edmonton Journal
HARINGEY Council should clamp down on thundering traffic by cutting speed limits along a "narrow residential road" from 30mph to 20mph, say campaigners. ...
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20mph trial 'will put shoppers off town'
Cambridge Evening News
A TRIAL 20mph speed limit scheme will put people off shopping in Soham, councillors claim. Worried district councillors fear reducing the speed limit in ...
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Say 'no' to plan for 20mph limit
Sussex Express
I would suggest that the group making the proposal should try travelling at a maximum of 20 mph to see how slow it is, and hard it is to maintain. ...
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'Road crashes remain the leading cause of death for under-40s'
Express & Echo
Recent articles in the Echo regarding motorists breaking 20mph limits in Alphington and Beacon Heath show that the Government is not serious about combating ...
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20mph speed limits in by September
Banbury Cake
By Chris Walker » NEW 20mph speed limits will be introduced throughout Oxford at the start of next month, it emerged this week. Work on introducing 20mph ...
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Residents support Wightman Road 20mph speed limit
Londra Gazete
... a Harringay ward have pledged their support for a Liberal Democrat petition asking Haringey Council to reduce the speed limit in Wightman Road to 20mph. ...
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City's 20mph limits to start from September
Oxford Mail
REDUCED speed limits of 20mph on almost all of Oxford's residential roads will take effect from September 1, County Hall said. Work on Oxford's 20mph speed ...
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Schools miss out on safety scheme
Uttoxeter Advertiser
by JAMES BRINDLE Schools in Uttoxeter have been left disappointed after county-wide schemes to place 20mph speed limits outside schools failed to include ...
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Croxton Kerrial refused pedestrian crossing
Melton Today
Although a crossing can't be justified, the school advisory 20mph zone should help reduce vehicle speeds and warn drivers to the presence of vulnerable road ...
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Cutting speed only part of the problem
Express & Echo
A driver doing 25mph in a 20mph zone or a driver doing 19mph in the same zone, but with one hand on the wheel and a mobile phone stuck to their ear? ...
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20mph speed volunteers needed
Norwich Evening News
People living in three Norwich neighbourhoods are being asked to join volunteer speed watch schemes to help enforce new 20mph trial speed limits. ...
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Village 20mph zone is introduced
BBC Berkshire
A programme of road safety measures, including the installation of a 20mph zone, has begin in a Berkshire village. The 20mph zone in Pangbourne will cover ...
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Brighton residents threaten to sit down to halt lorries
The Argus.co.uk
"There is a 20mph speed limit in this street that is being completely ignored. Lots of families live here and have to cross the road to get to Elm Grove ...
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Boy racers in Bristol 'flout speed limits'
Bristol Evening Post
It has had a 20mph limit in place since 2002 when major changes were made to the local road network. But according to a survey carried out by South ...
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Head worried by speeding drivers
thisiskent.co.uk
The Government is in the process of modifying highways regulations which would allow 20mph restrictions in areas where safety is an issue. ...
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New one-way system for north Norwich
Norwich Evening News
A six-month trial of the new measures will see three roads made one-way only and a 20mph zone installed. Silver Street will only be accessible from the Bull ...
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Campaign for speed signs on Taylor Hill Road
Huddersfield Examiner
More than eight out of 10 also wanted the speed limit cut from 30mph to 20mph. Former lecturer Mr Covell, 75, said: “Four families with very young children ...
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Slow zones near schools slam the brakes on road accidents
Scotsman - United Kingdom
By GEMMA FRASER THE introduction of 20mph zones has halved the number of accidents in scores of residential areas across the Capital. ...
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Plea to cut road peril
Hexham Courant - Lake District, United Kingdom
Working with other local residents and parents, he is lobbying Northumberland County Council for a 20mph speed limit between the entrance to the Queen ...
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Steyning traders say 'no' to 20mph speed limit
West Sussex Today - Worthing,England,UK
MORE than 40 traders have signed a petition opposing a 20mph speed limit in Steyning High Street. Steyning Parish Council has been looking into the ...
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Go-slow trial may proceed with care
Cambridge Evening News - Cambridge,England,UK
PLANS for a trial 20mph speed limit throughout Cambridge city centre have moved a step nearer. Members of the Cambridge traffic management area joint ...
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Drivers asked to take extra care during school holidays
Epworth Bells - Epworth,UK
"By driving at 20mph, rather than at the usual 30mph limit for residential areas, the stopping distance is nearly halved. This not only reduces the ...
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Roadworks on A59 in Maghull start on Monday
Ormskirk & Skelmersdale Advertiser - West Lancashire,Lancashire,UK
Lane closures and 20mph speed limits will be in place. A spokesman for Sefton Council said: “The A59 is one of the busiest roads in Merseyside so inevitably ...
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Pioneering speed trial for de Ferrers
Burton Mail - Burton on Trent,England,UK
by KEITH BULL BURTON'S biggest school has been selected as a trial site for a pioneering scheme to reduce car speeds to 20mph. ...
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Driver banned for speeding in supermarket car park
Aberdeen Evening Express - Aberdeen,Scotland,UK
The court was told Ritchie had reached speeds of between 20mph and 30mph in a 5mph zone in the store car park. Ritchie, whose address was given in court ...
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Improvements to boost road safety at school
Loughborough News - Loughborough,England,UK
In addition to this, an advisory 20mph zone will be introduced outside the schools back entrance, similar to an existing 20mph limit outside the front of ...
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20 mph zone wins warm welcome
Oxford Mail - Oxford,UK
By Hayley Cover » SPEED limits could be cut to 20mph on several town centre streets in Abingdon as part of a £500000 scheme, it emerged last night. ...
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Smart car diary: odd reaction
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
... been forced into evasive action by another driver who decides to overtake on a tight urban street on which it is impossible to drive at more than 20mph. ...
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Twenty is plenty outside primary school
Weston & Somerset Mercury - eston-super-Mare,England,UK
Blagdon parish councillors want North Somerset Council to slap a 20mph maximum on the road outside the primary school. They have sent a 'strong' letter to ...
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Are 20mph bans really safer? asks critic of 'polluting' zones
Camden New Journal - London,UK
CARPETING Islington with 20mph zones will create more pollution and could pose a greater danger to pedestrians, an activist warned this week. ...
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Go-ahead for 20mph limits on streets
This Is Lancashire - Blackburn,England,UK
EXPERIMENTAL 20mph speed limits are to be introduced in Radcliffe and Affetside as part of a £562000 scheme to cut road casualties. The restrictions will be ...
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Newcastle speeds up 20mph schemes
TransportXtra - London,England,UK
Newcastle City Council is accelerating the programme of introducing 20mph speed limits across the city's residential streets. Councillors agreed in March to ...
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New 20mph zone destined to fail, claims resident
Cambridge Evening News - Cambridge,England,UK
PREFERRED trial sites for new 20mph zones include Girton and St Ives town centre - but some doubt the scheme is viable. Cambridgeshire County Council hopes ...
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Call for 20mph speed limit sites
New Post Leader - UK
By PETRA SILFVERSKIOLD COUNCILLORS have called for different road markings to be trialed at six pilot sites in south east Northumberland for new 20mph speed ...
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Worsthorne safety schemes a step nearer
Lancashire Telegraph - Blackburn,England,UK
Police have proposed traffic calming and 20mph zones be introduced to these areas to cut accidents. Between December 2003 and November 2008 there were 11 ...
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'Rat-run' estate goes for 20mph
Lancashire Evening Post - Preston,England,UK
A Lancaster estate has a new 20mph speed limit zone to help combat drivers using roads as a 'rat run'. It has been introduced on the Newton estate along ...
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No limits to road safety at schools
This is Scunthorpe - Scunthorpe,England,UK
PARENTS and teachers are set to be consulted on 20mph school safety zones outside every infant, junior and primary school in North Lincolnshire. ...
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Call for 20mph limits in built-up areas
Campaign Series - Caerphilly,Wales,UK
A NATIONAL charity has called on the Government to introduce a standard 20mph speed limit is areas where people live, work and play. ...
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Areas earmarked for 20mph zones
Cambridge Evening News - Cambridge,England,UK
A SERIES of new sites across the county have been earmarked for a trial of 20mph zones. Cambridgeshire County Council's policy on 20mph speed limits was ...
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Patrick Barkham visits Portsmouth to find out whether 20mph speed ...
U.TV - Belfast,Northern Ireland,UK
"They never do 20mph along here like they are supposed to. Never." Britain is on the cusp of a slow revolution. Councils across the country are beating a ...
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Group bids for 20mph limit in Billesley
BirminghamMail.net - Birmingham,UK
A CAMPAIGN by environmentalists to impose a 20mph speed limit in a Birmingham suburb has met with mixed response from residents. Birmingham Friends of the ...
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20mph zones planned for five sites in Cambs
Hunts Post - Huntingdon,England,UK
FIVE possible sites in Huntingdonshire have been identified for a trial of a new 20mph zone. Just £17000 has been set aside for the Huntingdonshire trial, ...
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Allington villagers fight for school safety zone
Grantham Today - Grantham,England,UK
To highlight their plight, one villager has designed his own board emblazoned with the words "Where's our 20mph zone then council? Ain't we worth it? ...
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Portslade schoolboy knocked down at death crash site
The Argus.co.uk - Brighton,UK
A speed limit of 20mph was introduced on the road after nine-year-old Henry Nugent was hit by a car after stepping off a bus outside Portslade Community ...
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'Broadgreen needs 20mph limit as well'
Swindon Advertiser - Swindon,Wiltshire,UK
By James Wallin » BROADGREEN residents hope their dreams of a 20mph zone will become a reality after a similar scheme in Old Town was given the green light. ...
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Council's hopes for 20mph limits
New Post Leader - UK
By TEGAN CHAPMAN PLANS for new 20mph speed limits across Northumberland could get the green light next week. Northumberland County Council is proposing to ...
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LIVING STREETS CALLS FOR 20MPH LIMITS IN BUILT-UP AREAS
Community Newswire - UK
By Lorraine Connolly, Community Newswire A national charity has today called on the Government to introduce a standard 20mph speed limit is areas where ...
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20mph Northumberland speed limit plan
Northumberland Gazette - UK
PLANS for new 20mph speed limits to boost the safety of residents and schoolchildren across Northumberland could get the green light next week. ...
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Dundee boy racer anger
Evening Telegraph - UK
“I think reducing it to a 20mph zone and putting in some speed bumps would make a huge difference.” A spokesperson for Tayside Police urged members of the ...
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Pupils from Lemsford try to break world record
Times 24 - Welwyn Garden City,England,UK
The Great North Road woman said: "It was a great event, hopefully it will encourage local authorities to reduce the 30mph zones down to 20mph. ...
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Campaigners demand tougher action against Addingham speeders
Ilkley Gazette - UK
Motorists have been ignoring the recently imposed 20mph speed limit along Bolton Road past Addingham Primary School, according to villagers. ...
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Topsham concerns remain the same
Exmouth Herald - UK
"We are currently looking at a 20mph limit for the majority of Topsham." Exeter-based firm Parsons Brinckerhoff will work as traffic consultants for the ...
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Estimates Day - Debate on Road Safety
Fleet Directory - Manchester,UK
... 2008, called for a much bolder strategy to address road safety within which local authorities be given more powers to introduce 20mph speed limits, ...
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Petition against speed limit dismissed
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Aberdeen,Scotland,UK
Fettercairn residents objected to plans for a 20mph limit at the village's primary school during peak hours. Aberdeenshire councillors decided yesterday at ...
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THIS WEEK'S PAPER
Batley News - UK
Kirklees Council has unveiled plans to make Batley town centre a 20mph zone after 15 accidents in the last three years. See video footage and read the full ...
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Public's suggestions included in a £1m facelift for Wantage town ...
The Oxford Times - Oxford,Oxfordshire,UK
By Hayley Cover » MOST people in Wantage want part-pedestrianisation, a 20mph speed limit and wider pavements in a revamped Market Place. ...
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Walking bus in Hemsworth is a record-breaker
Hemsworth and South Elmsall Express - South Elmsall,England,UK
Brake also used the event to promote its campaign to get local authorities to tackle child deaths and injuries on our roads by funding 20mph safety zones ...
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1m 'piecemeal' new speed signs will scar British countryside
Daily Mail - UK
Ministers have called for more flexible speed limits on Britain's roads - with 20mph zones around schools and 50mph limits at accident blackspots. ...
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Gallery: Children attempt to break world record in walking bus event
Hunts Post - Huntingdon,England,UK
It also hopes to publicise the charity's campaign to have drivers slow down to 20mph in the most heavily built-up areas. ...
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Countryside could be defaced by million new speed signs
Campaign Series - Caerphilly,Wales,UK
And the CPRE added that it wanted to see powers to introduce 40mph zones on minor rural roads, based on the success of 20mph zones on residential roads. ...
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Plans for 20mph streets in Old Town
This is Wiltshire.co.uk - Swindon,England,UK
By Sarah Hilley » TRAFFIC will be restricted to 20 miles per hour in 15 Old Town streets by September if new plans get the go-ahead. ...
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Aylesbury town centre traffic to be limited to 20mph
Aylesbury Today - Aylesbury,England,UK
By Adam King AYLESBURY is to become 'more relaxed and civilised' after £100000 worth of funding was obtained for a new 20mph speed limit in the town centre. ...
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More city pupils to get free transport
South Wales Argus - Newport,Wales,UK
... morning and this new policy plus our intention to extend the number of 20mph zones around all schools in the city will improve the safety for pupils. ...
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dot accepts school speed limit ruling
isleofman.com - Douglas,Isle of Man,UK
A ruling on the road passing Braddan Primary School declared the 20mph limit operated during busy times at the school was not enforceable, and signs at 20 ...
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New rural speed limits would cost £12 million to impose in Cumbria ...
News & Star - Carlisle,England,UK
Powers to introduce 40mph zones on minor rural roads, based on the success of 20mph zones on residential roads, neither of which require repeater signs. ...
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Action plea over road safety fear
Leicester Mercury - Leicester,England,UK
We need a 20mph speed limit because it's too much of a worry for us. "You hear so many stories of close calls. We just don't want another accident. ...
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'Council must listen'
Barry and District News - Wales,UK
The speed limit is 30mph, surely it should be 20mph with traffic calming measures. Just because no-one has been hurt, the council feels there is not a ...
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They have been camped out near school to cut drivers' speeds
Halifax Evening Courier - UK
Mum Emma Parkin, a governor at the school, said: "It is a 20mph speed limit outside the school but cars do speed up there and it is very dangerous with so ...
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Call to reduce speed limits on rural roads
Ipswich Evening Star - Ipswich,England,UK
Reducing red tape to make introducing more 20mph zones on residential streets and quiet lanes easier and cheaper. Guy McGregor, former Suffolk County ...
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Kids go on the march in plea to cut speed limit
Bakewell Today - UK
Brake is calling for 20mph zones to be introduced around schools to combat grim new statistics which show 705 child pedestrians are injured each year on ...
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£24m programme for cleaner, greener and safer borough
Newham Recorder - London,England,UK
Some of the schemes will see the council introducing new 20mph zones, pedestrian crossings outside schools and double yellow lines to reduce poor parking. ...
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Mercia Grove residents have the hump
South London Press Today - London,UK
Mercia Grove, just off Lewisham High Street, is in one of Lewisham's 20mph zones – areas which have had extra traffic calming measures. ...
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Busy road closed to traffic today
isleofman.com - Douglas,Isle of Man,UK
A 20mph speed limit will be in place through the area being surface dressed, with a 50mph limit either side, between Guthrie's Memorial and the Bungalow. ...
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Higher speed limit outside Barnard Castle school
Northern Echo - Darlington,England,UK
Bishop Auckland MP Helen Goodman, however, believes the limit should have been reduced to 20mph instead of increased. Both the entrance and the exit to the ...
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Pupils take steps to stop speeding
Scotsman - United Kingdom
Every 20 minutes, a child is hurt or killed on foot in the UK, most on the way to or from school, and Mrs Davis hopes the council will soon introduce 20mph ...
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20mph speed zones for most schools
Leicester Mercury - Leicester,England,UK
Most county schools are set to have 20mph zones around them in the next two years, it was announced today. In Leicester, council leaders have pledged to ...
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Council pushes for 20mph speed limit
Southern Daily Echo - Southampton,England,UK
City councillors are to press for the limit to be cut from 30mph to 20mph across the city on all roads except for A-class ones. City council officers have ...
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Council pushes for 20mph speed limitFrom This is Hampshire
THE strongest push for the biggest reduction in traffic speed in Winchester is set to be launched by civic chiefs.

20mph signs aim to curb speeding drivers across Wirral
Wirral News - Wirral,Merseyside,UK
Eight areas across the borough are currently implementing the £10000 Wirral Council scheme, which encourages drivers to slow down to 20mph in areas with ...
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York campaigners vow to carry on 20mph residential speed limit ...
DEFIANT campaigners have vowed “we're not giving up” after hitting another roadblock in their battle to kill speed on York's residential streets.

Devizes council pushes for more 20mph limits in town
This is Wiltshire.co.uk - Swindon,England,UK
Residents of Long Street are once again urging the installation of a 20mph limit along their road despite Wiltshire Council insistence that it would be an ...
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Leeds estate traffic cut to 20mph COMMENT ON THIS STORY
Yorkshire Evening Post - Leeds,England,UK
The top speed has been cut from 30mph to 20mph in the St Wilfrid's area of Gipton after it was identified as an accident blackspot. ...
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Pilot scheme to reduce speeding
RAC - Norwich,Norfolk,UK
A general view of a 20mph speed limit sign. Part of a new road safety strategy, the aim over the next decade is to reduce serious injuries by half and road ...
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Wrexham dad's relief after daughter survives crash
Daily Post - Llandudno Junction,UK
We are so lucky Cody wasn't killed – she would have been if the driver had been going any faster than 20mph. "I've seen cars flying around that bend before ...
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Old Town under threat
Inverness Courier - Inverness,Scotland,UK
Sir, I read with incredulity the article calling for a 20mph zone in the Old Town of Inverness (Courier 29/5/09). One of the benefits being offered up is ...
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Pupils' walking bus world record bid
The Star - Sheffield,England,UK
More than 100000 children around the UK are expected to take part simultaneously in the event, which aims to encourage drivers to slow down to 20mph or ...
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Tough new targets to put country on path to zero road deaths
Scotsman - United Kingdom
The targets are part of a ten-year plan to improve road safety, which could also include tougher restrictions on new drivers, 20mph speed limits on all ...
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Roads for all – the case for 20mph speed limits in Birmingham
May 18, 2009 ... to become involved, please contact us at Birmingham@20splentyforus.org.uk or by using the contact details on this website. ...

Devizes council pushes for more 20mph limits in townFrom The ...
Town councillors are pursuing an urgent review of speed limits in Devizes in the interests of road safety and conservation of listed buildings.

Kent Greens calls for 20mph speed limits
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Local schools march for road safety
Market Rasen Today - Market Rasen,England,UK
Two in three (65%) thought they needed a 20mph limit outside their home - while only a further 16% said they already had one. 20mph zones are normal in many ...
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Forget zebras, we want to keep puffin
Oxford Mail - Oxford,UK
The county council said the replacement crossing would be on a raised platform with a 20mph speed limit, and would prioritise the pedestrian over the car. ...
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'Kill your speed' protest
Weston & Somerset Mercury - eston-super-Mare,England,UK
A petition, campaigning for a 20mph speed limit and crossing guard to be introduced, was signed by 65 people. Last week, a meeting was held between members ...
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New slower speed limits for Winchester?
Hampshire Chronicle - Winchester,England,UK
By Andrew Napier » WINCHESTER traffic chiefs have identified several parts of Winchester as potential areas for a new 20mph speed limit. ...
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Ruscombe Green Support for moves to 20 mph
The press back in April publicised moves by the Government to consider more 20 mph zones see my comment here it annoys me that this move is being portrayed ...

New councillor wants to put brakes on Inverness traffic
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Aberdeen,Scotland,UK
By jane candlish The speed limit in residential areas of Inverness should be restricted to 20mph, a city councillor said yesterday. ...
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Drivers say no to speed limit cuts
News - What Car? - Teddington,England,UK
The survey, carried out by MSN, revealed that 83% of the 40554 people polled rejected the Government's plans to cut speed limits from 30mph to 20mph in ...
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Uturn urged on York's residential 20mph zonesFrom York Press
A DECISION by City of York Council to put the brakes on a city-wide 20mph speed limit in residential areas may about to be reversed.

Public rejects new speed limit plan
RAC - Norwich,Norfolk,UK
As many as 83% of the 40554 people polled by MSN cars rejected the proposal to reduce the speed limit from 30mph to 20mph in urban areas and 60mph to 50mph ...
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Greens call on KCC to drive green transport scheme
Kent News - United Kingdom
These should include: a 20mph limit in all residential areas; an end to major road building; creating proper cycling and walking networks; far better bus ...
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Fight for 20mph city speed limit Yorkshire Post
Fight for 20mph city speed limit - An ATTEMPT to introduce a city-wide 20mph zone to help prevent scores of fatalities and serious injuries on York's roads ...

Town paint will absorb fumes
The Argus.co.uk - Brighton,UK
Councillors are also considering setting up a 20mph zone across the town centre in the hope of forcing drivers to steer clear of the area. ...
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Parents protest about speeding traffic outside school
Bristol Evening Post - Bristol,Bristol,UK
Concerned parents in Flax Bourton have launched a campaign to press for a crossing and a 20mph speed limit outside the village school. ...
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Calls for York-wide 20mph speed limit rejected
The Press in York - York,North Yorkshire,UK
Coun Steve Galloway, City of York Council's executive member for city strategy, rejected calls for a city-wide 20mph scheme, and has instead asked officials ...
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Friends of the Earth lead Birmingham 20mph residential movement ...
Friends of the earth, as well as certain MPs in the Birmingham area, are trying to have a blanket speed limit of 20 mph implimented in all residential ...

Shopping street may be closed to drivers
Bournemouth Daily Echo - England, UK
It was decided not to make the road one-way as it would conflict with the proposed cycle route, nor to impose a 20mph speed limit, as it was considered ...
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Renewed plea for road safety measures in Chipping Sodbury
Gloucestershire Gazette - Dursley,England,UK
Supporters of a 20mph zone in the High Street are worried no action will be taken until there have been a number of fatal accidents. ...
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Plan to make roads safer
Weston & Somerset Mercury - eston-super-Mare,England,UK
A 20mph speed limit and a new pedestrian crossing close to the railway station are all on the cards for the village. Surveys are being carried out in the ...
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Give us 20mph limits like OxfordFrom Oxford Mail
CAMPAIGNERS are fighting to improve road safety and bring in a 20mph speed limit in Witney.

Drop-in at the forum
Lancashire Evening Post - Preston,England,UK
Stagecoach bus services and a new 20mph zone will be top of the agenda at a drop-in event at the weekend. Bus services in Preston and a new 20mph zone at ...
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Road safety improvements for children
West Sussex County Times - Horsham,England,UK
As part of the School Safety Zone scheme new warning signs with an advisory 20mph speed limit and flashing orange lights will be installed either side of ...
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Number of teenagers killed on Merton roads triples
Wimbledon Guardian - Cheam,England,UK
A road safety charity has called for more 20mph zones and compulsory road safety lessons in Merton's schools to try and address the problem. ...
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Scheme for 20mph speed restriction in Old Town
Inverness Courier - Inverness,Scotland,UK
TRAFFIC in the centre of Inverness could be restricted to 20mph in a bid to make the area more pedestrian friendly. City councillors will be asked next ...
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Topsham to have 20mph restriction
Devon 24 - UK
A SPOKESPERSON from Devon County Council said there are plans to introduce 20mph speed reduction areas for most of Topsham's roads. ...
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Plea for 20mph limits at all Moray schools is rejected
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Aberdeen,Scotland,UK
By donna Macallister A plea for a 20mph speed limit on roads next to every school in Moray was rejected yesterday when councillors voted against spending ...
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Evesham group want to lower High Street speed limit
Evesham Journal - UK
Evesham Promotion Group wants the limit to be dropped from 30mph to 20mph as part of the High Street enhancement work. The group was concerned the plans did ...
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Villagers oppose speed-warning signs
Leicester Mercury - Leicester,England,UK
While many communities are crying out for traffic-calming measures, people in Quorn are furious about a council's attempts to introduce a 20mph speed limit ...
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Heanor teens in road petition fight
Ripley Today - Ripley,England,UK
"Some of us have read in the newspaper that there is a campaign for a 20 mph speed limit on roads near to schools. We think this is a good idea and want ...
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20mph Leeds zone welcomed
Yorkshire Evening Post - Leeds,England,UK
By David Marsh PLANS are being drawn up to introduce a 20mph zone at a Leeds speeding hot-spot. Along with the lower speeding limit, speed cushions, ...
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Speed signs cut collisions on Island
Isle of Wight County Press - Newport,England,UK
... town and parish councils and the police. There are also plans to install speed reactive signs to support the new 20mph limits outside Island schools.
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Town Hall move towards blanket 20mph speed limit
Hackney Gazette - London,England,UK
By Lee Peart A COUNCILLOR has set his sights on Hackney becoming the first London borough to bring in a blanket 20mph speed limit on the roads. ...
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Mearns primary to get 20mph zone at its door
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Aberdeen,Scotland,UK
By Leanna MacLarty A village primary school is to become the last in south Aberdeenshire to have a 20mph zone outside its doors to improve pupil safety. ...
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Transport plans 'will get voters on board'
Leicester Mercury - Leicester,England,UK
Labour leader Councillor Matthew O'Callaghan said his party wanted more 20mph speed limits outside schools and to reopen disused bus and train stations. ...
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Moves to curb the kerb block and make college more neighbourly
The Gazette - Colchester,Essex,UK
Other solutions include traffic calming measures, a 20mph speed limit and extending yellow lines from the junction with Garden Road. ...
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Village wins speed limit
This is Somerset - Clevedon,Somerset,UK
Work will soon start to put up 20mph road signs outside the village primary school. There will also be improvements to the footpaths, road narrowing and ...
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Abingdon headteachers call for 20mph limits as part of safety ...
Herald Series - UK
By Hayley Cover » HEADTEACHERS in Abingdon are calling for a 20mph speed limit near schools in a bid to improve safety for pupils cycling to school. ...
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No change to speed limit on Glenburn Road
Champion Newspapers - Southport,England,UK
In response Mr Fitzpatrick said the Government will issue stronger guidance on the use of 20mph speed limits. Ms Cooper said: “I am baffled by the decision ...
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'Major retreat' over lower speed limits
Western Morning News - Plymouth,England,UK
Proposals launched last month could see 20mph speed limits for residential roads and a lowering of the 60mph limit to 50mph on single-carriage rural roads. ...
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Malton and Norton cut speed limit to 20mph
Gazette & Herald - Malton,North Yorkshire,UK
... said Commercial Street, Norton, and Butcher Corner, Market Place, Market Street and Horsemarket Road, Malton, are all due to become 20mph zones. ...
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Brewing storm system could bring rain to Brevard
Florida Today - Melbourne,FL,USA
East southeast wind between 10 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. ...
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Confusion on new-look street
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Aberdeen,Scotland,UK
Last night Highland Council said there was further work still to be carried out to install signs and that speed limits had been reduced to 20mph to improve ...
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Call for more time for road safety schemes
Local Government Chronicle - Market Harborough,England,UK
Road safety officers told the NAO that speed reductions to 20mph - one of the most effective means of cutting casualties – were often hard to achieve ...
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Would-be MP calls for action on speeding
Reading Evening Post - Reading,England,UK
Many feel it is a dangerous crossing for an adult and one resident called for the whole of the Northumberland Avenue area to be slashed to 20mph, ...
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Lindenhurst studies Beck Road speed limit
Waukegan News Sun - Waukegan,IL,USA
Information about the pending change from 20 mph to 25 or 30 mph has caused a flurry of public comment and e-mails, said Mayor Susan Lahr. ...
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Our test of 20mph city speed limit reveals safety fears
Oxford Mail - Oxford,UK
By Chris Walker » PROPOSED 20mph speed limits across the city could compromise road safety, a driving expert said after an Oxford Mail trial. ...
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Speed reduction given thumbs up for Bassetts
Devon 24 - UK
The plans include the installation of speed cushions and 20mph speed restrictions. Councillor Malcolm Mitchell said: "My wife is a school governor there so ...
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Tougher measures from Government on road safety
Linex Legal - London,UK
... safety strategy proposes the following measures: reductions in default speed limits on residential roads to 20mph and single carriageway roads to 50mph; ...
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Brakes on in Chippenham town to aid road
North Wiltshire and Kennet Gazette & Herald - UK
A spokesman for Wiltshire Council said that making Chippenham a 20mph town is a possibility, but is something that the Chippenham Area Board would have to ...
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School speed restrictions scheme set
Dumfries and Galloway Standard - Dumfries,UK
DOZENS of schools are set to have 20mph speed zones introduced to their surrounding streets in a move to make the region's school roads safer. ...
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New speed limit on Mayfield High Street
This Is Sussex - Tunbridge Wells,UK
"My understanding is that it is a Government policy to introduce 20mph zones in town and village centres where possible and this is something that East ...
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New 20mph zone to keep Cuckfield roads safe
West Sussex County Times - Horsham,England,UK
A NEW 20mph School Safety Zone is to be implemented along busy roads in Cuckfield where hundreds of pupils walk everyday. The zone will cover London Lane ...
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20mph limit plan for Cambridge city centre
TransportXtra - London,England,UK
Councillors in Cambridgeshire have approved plans for a 20mph speed limit across streets within Cambridge city centre. The trial scheme will cover all ...
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Plea for 20 mph limit in Devizes road
This is Wiltshire.co.uk - Swindon,England,UK
They are calling for traffic calming measures or a reduction in the speed limit from 30 mph to 20 mph. Jude Stevens, 28, has lived in Hartmoor Road with ...
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Police criticisms fail to stop plan for 20mph limits across Oxford ...
TransportXtra - London,England,UK
Oxfordshire County Council has approved plans for 20mph speed limits across most residential streets in Oxford despite strong criticisms from the police. ...
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Forget these nanny state speed limits
Huddersfield Examiner - Huddersfield,UK
MEGAN Swift (Mailbag, May 5th) seems proud of the fact that Calderdale has so many 20mph zones, presumably including the main A646 through Hebden Bridge ...
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Road deaths must be cut further by Government, safety report says
Times Online - UK
It said that 20mph zones enforced by road humps reduced collisions involving pedestrians by 63 per cent and cyclists by 29 per cent.
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Speed is a killer, students warn drivers
Craven Herald - UK
The pupils told drivers that if a child was hit at 20mph there was a 97 per cent chance of survival, at 30mph an 80 per cent chance of survival, ...
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Council to consider 20mph Spittal Street limit
Bucks Free Press - London,UK
By James Nadal » COUNCILLORS will look at a plan to reduce the speed limit on Spittal Street to 20mph after residents raised concerns over lorries. ...
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The speed limit that can't be enforced
Cambridge Evening News - Cambridge,England,UK
A 20MPH city centre limit will not be enforced by police - because it is too slow for their speed guns. It is hoped lives will be saved during a year-long ...
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Shame on you, councillors
Forres Gazette - Forres,Scotland,UK
Sir, – Shame on the councillors who failed to back Councillor Coull's motion for 20mph limits at all schools and shame on the people who for whatever reason ...
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20mph safety zone for primary school
This Is Sleaford - Sleaford,Lincolnshire,UK
Those measures can include zigzag road markings, a 20mph advisory speed limit and speed bumps. Greville Burgess, of Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership ...
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Call for 20mph speed limit in Millom
NW Evening Mail - Barrow-in-Furness,England,UK
Town centre streets such as St George's Road and Wellington Street already have 20mph zones. Councillors hope extending the limit to other parts of town ...
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Expert claims slower speed limit will cause more pollution
BirminghamMail.net - Birmingham,UK
Members of Birmingham Friends of the Earth are pushing for a shift from 30mph to 20mph limits in parts of the city as a way of cutting the number of ...
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Cash first, safety second
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
... fresh fixed-penalty opportunities, with plans to lower the speed limit to 20mph in residential areas and to 50mph on single-carriageway trunk roads. ...
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Project will slow traffic at school
Leicester Mercury - Leicester,England,UK
Leicester City Council is to bring in 20mph restrictions on streets near Avenue Primary School. There will be roadworks over the next four months to install ...
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Bid to cut Walcot Street speed
Bath Chronicle - Bath,England,UK
Traders, residents and shoppers are fighting for a 20mph speed limit on one of Bath's busiest shopping streets. MP for Bath Don Foster has joined forces ...
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Pedestrian caught up in crash chaos in Aberdeen city centre
Press and Journal - Aberdeen,Aberdeenshire,UK
This area is a 20mph speed limit zone. Judging by the damage to the vehicle shown in the picture, this limit was being exceeded. When will the 20mph zone be ...
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Games boss denies speeding link
Scotland Courier - Dundee,Scotland,UK
... as women but found that speeding is endemic, with most drivers believing that speeding is only irresponsible when the limit is broken by 10mph or 20mph. ...
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St Bees school set to have crossing patrol
News & Star - Carlisle,England,UK
And last month the speed limit in the village rose to 30mph from 20mph which made the road even more of a risk. Councillors on the local committee for ...
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Cautious welcome to lower speed limits
Alton Herald - Farnham,Surrey,UK
A possible stumbling block is that the new 20mph limits are only supposed to be considered for roads which are “not part of any major through route” – and ...
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School pupils call for 20mph speed limit
NW Evening Mail - Barrow-in-Furness,England,UK
Haverigg School's 20 is plenty campaign aims to slash the speed limit on Main Street from 30mph to 20mph. Both students and teachers feel the current limit ...
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BROMLEY: No to 20mph speed limit throughout borough
News Shopper - UK
A BLANKET speed limit of 20mph will not be brought in across the borough's roads. Bromley Council's portfolio holder for the environment, Councillor Colin ...
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Parents demand 20mph primary school limit
Forres Gazette - Forres,Scotland,UK
By Tanya McLaren PARENTS of pupils at Dallas Primary want Moray Council to implement a "20 miles per hour" speed limit around their school to help keep ...
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More Government Squeeze On Road Users
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
... limit reduced from 30mph to 20mph. the speed limit on single carriageway A roads will be reduced from 60mph to 50mph, largely affecting rural areas. ...
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Banners to encourage road safety near schools in Tayside
stv.tv - UK
When the amber lights are flashing outside schools the speed limit is 20mph, and this limit is enforceable." He added: "Drivers should ensure their speed is ...
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Stroud Town Council backs 20mph residential speed limit
Stroud News and Journal - UK
By David Wiles » CALLS to limit traffic to 20mph in residential areas and 30mph on unclassified rural roads in Gloucestershire have been backed by Stroud ...
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20mph campaign in Nailsworth likely to be successful
Stroud News and Journal - UK
By Rachel Clare » A CAMPAIGN for a 20mph speed limit on several roads in Nailsworth looks likely to be successful. Residents want the limit imposed on ...
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Why Birmingham looks set to copy Ashford
Kent News - United Kingdom
In Ashford a 20mph speed limit now covers the shared space area of the ring road. The scheme in Ashford introduced last December has caused controversy ...
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Report backs London-wide 20mph zones
LocalGov - London,UK
The success of 20mph zones in parts of London has prompted calls for a pilot programme to explore the safety and cost benefits of borough-wide schemes. ...
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Dark side of the road
U.TV - Belfast,Northern Ireland,UK
Introduce a 20mph suburban zone, and accidents drop by 42%. Bring country single-carriageways down from 60mph to 50mph and similar benefits flow. ...
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20mph: it's about cash not crashes
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
Under this latest Great Leap Forward, the speed limit on A-roads is to be reduced to 50mph, and in built-up areas to 20mph, in an attempt to cut the number ...
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Support for 20mph limit
Leicester Mercury - Leicester,England,UK
Plans for more 20mph speed limits in urban areas have been backed by residents in roads already subject to the restrictions. People living and working in ...
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20mph zone trial will be ‘pointless'
Cambridge Evening News - Cambridge,England,UK
CAMBRIDGE'S 20mph speed limit trial is “pointless” as it will not be enforced, claims a businessman. A year-long scheme testing a blanket 20mph zone in ...
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Slow Down Scotland statistics confusing
Scotsman - United Kingdom
Hit by a car at 20mph, one out of 40 pedestrians will be killed, 97% will survive. • At 30mph, two out of 10 pedestrians will be killed, 80% will survive. ...
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Speed limits could cause an increase in deaths caused by traffic ...
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
By Louise Gray, Environment Correspondent The Government announced plans this week to cut speed limits from 30 mph to 20mph in urban areas and 60mph to ...
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‘Now 20mph call can't be ignored'
Swindon Advertiser - Swindon,Wiltshire,UK
The community has been pressing the council for five years to cut the limit on Broadgreen's roads to 20mph. Now there are hopes that proposals from the ...
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Pressure's on for 20mph zone in Crewkerne
This is Somerset - Clevedon,Somerset,UK
TWO Crewkerne campaigners have welcomed the principal of a new 20mph limit zone being agreed for the town but expressed concerns that no deadline has been ...
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Pilot borough-wide default 20mph limits says Assembly
TransportXtra - London,England,UK
Borough-wide default 20mph speed limit zones covering all residential roads should be trialled in two London boroughs, the London Assembly's transport ...
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Car crashes through four gardens
The Oxford Times - Oxford,Oxfordshire,UK
The calls came as Oxfordshire County Council gave the go-ahead to plans to introduce a 20mph speed limit on the road, which is expected to come into force ...
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Putting drivers on the right road
Sunderland Echo - Sunderland,England,UK
Transport minister Jim Fitzpatrick has proposed 20mph speed limits for residential roads and lowering the 60mph limit to 50mph on single-carriage rural ...
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Will lowering the speed limits make Britain's roads safer?
Times Online - UK
There is plenty of evidence that deaths and serious injuries are significantly reduced when 30mph zones are brought down to 20mph. ...
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Pressure on police over 20mph limits
The Oxford Times - Oxford,Oxfordshire,UK
By Reg Little » POLICE are under mounting pressure to enforce the proposed new 20mph limits on Oxford's roads. Oxfordshire County Council is today set to ...
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City agrees 20mph limits
Oxford Mail - Oxford,UK
Oxfordshire County Council has approved a plan to introduce 20mph speed limits on almost all residential streets in the city. ...
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U-turn urged on school speed limits
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Aberdeen,Scotland,UK
The call came after the full council voted narrowly against a proposal to introduce a 20mph speed limit at every school in the area. ...
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20mph limit could come in after all
Whitehaven News - Whitehaven,England,UK
By Alan Irving VILLAGES where lives are being put at risk by traffic hazards and fast drivers are in line for a 20mph speed limit under new tougher ...
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