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Path: num2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!num1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!number.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!npeer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!news.glorb.com!feeder.erje.net!dedekind.zen.co.uk!zen.net.uk!hamilton.zen.co.uk!shaftesbury.zen.co.uk.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID:  From: Guy Cuthbertson  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: 20mph speed zones cut road injuries by 40%, study says Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:39:45 -0000 References: <2ce81452-8663-4c7e-9e2b-e69f08d69d86@r24g2000yqd.googlegroups.com> <4b21f9c0$0$2531$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk> Lines: 26 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: MicroPlanet-Gravity/2.9.13 Organization: Zen Internet NNTP-Posting-Host: 8ce0f727.news.zen.co.uk X-Trace: DXC=Hfn540SlDSJnGLbD^jE8UDnok4Z\0bI9nA2abDEn, newsREMOVE@hbar.co.uk says... > > > UK cities should have more 20mph speed zones > > We should move to 20mph on all minor roads and in built up areas, 50mph on > main roads. > > Hybrid vehicles could be optimised for this scenario, electric at 20, fuel > at 50. > > The verge or pavement on the 50mph roads should be developed into a cycle > track. Cyclists could reasonably be asked to cycle on the 20mph roads > rather than using the pavement. > > Improvement of the 50mph roads could maintain existing traffic flow. More > could be spent on them because less maintenance of the 20mph roads would be > necessary, since they would no longer be used as rat runs. > > Apart form increasing safety this would reduce noise, ground level pollution > and CO2 emissions.

You could have saved yourself (and everyone else) some time by just writing "I dislike motorists, and so the more restrictions that are imposed on them, the better". Don't worry, it's OK: you're in good company here.