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The Government also encourages the introduction of 20mph speed limits in the right environment, because they have real potential to encourage more active travel and increase people’s perceptions of feeling safe.
Will the First Minister support that campaign and consider the calls from Brake, Sustrans and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health that the Scottish Government work with local authorities towards the establishment of a 20mph speed limit in all residential and built-up areas in order to reduce the number of fatalities?
He conducted his own survey by taking readings from a radar-activated sign that showed the speed of vehicles as they passed; the sign was located outside a school, and the petitioner found that two thirds of cars were travelling at over the 20mph speed limit and that around half of the cars were driving at over 30mph.There we are.
Examples relate to education and training, improved signage, consideration of cycling in the context of roads maintenance and design, and the use of 20mph zones in all residential areas.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 April 2008
The Scottish Government has facilitated the introduction of 20mph speed limits in residential areas by making it possible to implement different types of 20mph speed limit to meet different situations.