Trail blazer (25.7.08 07:19) How many signs will that mean, and how will it be enforced? Has anyone been prosecuted for speeding in the existing 20mph zones or is success measured on the number of accidents?

(26.7.08 10:13) Trail blazer I don't know the answer to your questions but they are best put when you respond to the consultation document. Andrew

Trail blazer (27.7.08 10:05) Recieved the brochure, smells yummy. I see the 20mph speed limit will take in Hither Green Lane, wonder if that is a good thing. Re enforcement it states... "The Metropolitan Police have advised that 20mph zones must be self enforcing and must must have physical traffic calming features spaced at regular intervals." So looks like speed cushions and humps will be introduced on all roads within the 20mph zone. Has there been a speed reduction on Hither Green Lane where there are speed cushions? Re number of additional signs looks like more than 100 signs for the 20mph zone alone, plus numberous hump signs and road markings. I may be wrong but most of the traffic going too fast seem to be using the residential roads as short cuts. Considering TFL is funding the scheme and TFL has caused traffic to use residential roads would it not be better to redirect traffic back onto the main roads. This could be done by a combination of one way streets and no left, no right turns.

(27.7.08 20:17) I'm afraid I'm not unbiased on these matters as 1) I haven't driven a car since I moved back to London and 2) I live on Hither Green Lane, so not altogether keen to see traffic volumes increased and speeds maintained On My Front Doorstep. As a confirmed pedestian, a 20 mph is attactive. It does look to me as though there are particular Clarksonian individuals who see roads in the area as a challenge to get the maximum speed (and noise), which tends to spoil it for the majority of motorists and bikers who drive considerately. I must confess though to a particular prejudice against speed humps on bus routes, having been thrown up and down or from side to side on a crowded bus depending on whether the driver decides to go across the humps at speed or zigzags to avoid them. I suspect that TfL have quite a lot of data on traffic volumes and speeds on local roads, as they've been surreptitously monitoring this around the area for some weeks now. I'm going to think carefully before I respond to this consultation, and would advise others to do the same. But that doesn't remove the suspicion that those in authority above us will do exactly as they choose. 'Twas ever thus.

Trail Blazer (28.7.08 10:07) If a 20mph speed limit is introduced cars playing loud music will take longer to pass by?

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