Rejected petition Revert 20MPH speed limits back to 30MPH
As a horse rider and a motorsport enthusiast I believe education to all drivers is vital.
20MPH limit is not justifiable.
outside schools should be 20MPH Limit only within certain school times i.e 8.30 - 9.00am and 3.00 to 4.00 pm for the safety of children in the school zone.
Awareness and education is the key and this should be examined more within driving tests and theory tests.
More details
todaysequine.net - states horses can travel above 30mph
abd.org.uk - states despite sound evidence presented to the DfT that these zones do not improve road safety, but can: (1) actually increase fatal and serious injury risk for vulnerable road users, (2) do increase vehicle emissions, (3) do waste valuable productive time by lengthening every previously 30mph journey by up to 50%, and (4) do impede the progress of emergency service vehicles.
vehicles to travel at speeds at or below 20mph requires the selection of lower gears, which means higher engine revolutions and increased emissions. Transport for London’s own data (at http://content.tfl.gov.uk/london-exhaust-emissions-study-developing-a-test-programme.pdf) provides a catalogue (pp.18-32) of curves for various emissions vs average speed by vehicle type scientifically corroborating this fact – which should anyway be blindingly obvious to anyone with even rudimentary automotive knowledge.
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue, or if the Petitions Committee has considered one in the last year.
The following petition was considered earlier this year:
https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/245548
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