Just weeks after announcing the congestion charge to enter the center of London will rise by over 300%, the city’s controversial mayor, Ken Livingstone, is now lobbying for a reduction in speed limits in all residential zones to just 20mph (32km/h) if he is re-elected to a third term of office.
Livingstone claims the new speed limit will dramatically reduce the number of road deaths in London, stating that 90% of pedestrians die if hit at 40mph while just 2.5% die if hit at 20mph.
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