1. It’s too
difficult to drive at 20mph
"It will
not help with road safety at all, people don't even go 30mph, so makes you
think we can stick to 20mph? It is very hard to drive that slow, we have been
taught to drive at 30mph, so it's almost natural, do you know what I mean by
that?" (from a taxi driver).
2.
20mph will be more
dangerous
A 20mph limit
in Edinburgh will caused more accidents and incidents from road rage";
"I agree that motorists will get upset at cyclists roaring past
them, so revenge is foreseeable as will be "accidents"; 20mph signs "will have the
complete opposite impact on safety around schools to what the clowncil
are trying to do. I feel that most people will ignore these new limits and it
may cause them to be less aware of their speed around schools etc as all they
will see is another 20mph sign"
3. Cyclists will be too
scared to cycle if traffic moving at 20mph "My self a driver,
cyclist & pedestrian in Edinburgh i have been chatting to allot of people
who are in the same boat and i have asked their opinion on 20 mph limits on
Main Busy roads whilst cycling, and around 85% are saying they will now think
twice about cycling as they will feel more put at riskdrivers will be
frustrated with going slow, stuck in traffic and cyclists getting more
ahead."
4.
Enforce a no Jaywalking law, because that's much easier than enforcing 20mph
zones
"Jaywalking is a perfectly reasonable
safety measure and much cheaper to implement than making Edinburgh a 20 mph
city" [despite the fact that it goes against the Highway code]
5. We
should be putting the speed limit up not down. "Due to the fact that when the
speed limits where made car brakes weren't that gd. But now brakes are far more
advance and can stop in more than half the stated distance of cars from the
days when the laws where passed. Plus all these car have been run of the road
by the scrapage scheme. we all have new cars now so theres no reason why the
limits shouldn't go up"
I've
spared you the personal attacks, threats and generally ill-informed
nonsense.
3 comments:
How disappointing that the critics have so little creativity. Aren't all these claims just variations of "drivers will be frustrated & vent their anger at somebody"?
I think we can do much better. How about:
a) Slower speed means more time spend sitting in a car, so hard-pressed motorists will have less exercise and obesity will explode.
b) Stop the EU birocats, I mean beautocrax, eh, well you know what I mean. They are forcing their socialist nanny state on us, and the sheeple in the clowncil have already been brainwashed.
c) Think of the kids. (I can't work out what this argument is about, but it is a strong one. Or do YOU want to harm the kids?).
d) If this nonsense isn't stopped, I threaten never to drive again and walk instead.
Number 5: "More than half"?
I can run 100m in "more than half" the time it takes Usain Bolt.....
Possibly more than you need to know about the roots of "jaywalking", and how the 1920s US motor industry turned formerly public spaces into thoroughfares to serve its own ends.
https://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/2934608/Norton_Street_Rivals.0.pdf
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