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PostPosted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 23:19 
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http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2014 ... -oswestry/

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More than 1,000 people have already backed the 20s Plenty campaign by signing a petition calling for the speed cut.

Campaigners hope to make Oswestry the first town in Shropshire to have a 20mph speed limit introduced.

The campaign is being spearheaded by Oswestry woman Sarah-Charlotte Peace who was badly injured in a road traffic collision while cycling in the town.

She said: “The event focuses on raising awareness of the many benefits that 20mph brings, hopes to show community support to Shropshire Council and ultimately lead to implementation.

“Oswestry could become the pilot town for Shropshire. Twenty miles per hour for Oswestry has won local business and resident support in petitions with 1,000 plus signatures. Oswestry Town Council has voted for 20mph limits. It awaits updates and funding from Shropshire Council.

The public meeting will take place at The Dining Rooms on Welsh Walls in Oswestry on March 31 at 7pm. The speaker will be Rod King, the founder of the 20s Plenty For Us campaign.

The campaign wants default residential 20mph limits, without humps, to be introduced in Oswestry. Campaigners say the move is about “social engineering rather than highway engineering” and relies on community engagement on, and agreement to, signed 20mph limits backed up by “light touch” police enforcement.

Among the benefits the scheme will bring, campaigner say, are reduced danger and fear, less congestion, better air quality, increased active travel and quieter neighbourhoods.




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My views do not represent Safespeed but those of a driver who has driven for 39 yrs, in all conditions, at all times of the day & night on every type of road and covered well over a million miles, so knows a bit about what makes for safety on the road,what is really dangerous and needs to be observed when driving and quite frankly, the speedo is way down on my list of things to observe to negotiate Britain's roads safely, but I don't expect some fool who sits behind a desk all day to appreciate that.


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PostPosted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 01:48 
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To slow traffic down and force all traffic to a potentially un-necessary crawl is not a way to increase a quiet neighbourhood. That prevents people from pulling out more easily so causes more frustration. As people spend more time concentrating on their speedos than the road may lead to more inattention accidents and near misses.
The fact that there is an increase (per volume / density) in accidents in 20mph areas seems to be a fact they have decided to ignore!

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