Blanket 20mph speed limits across the UK have been put forward as a means to save money on signs and paperwork. This proposal was put forward to the House of Commons’ Transport Select Committee by the independent Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS) as a potential addition to the Government’s new Road Safety Strategy.
PACTS’ executive director, Jamie Hassall, told the Committee that “At the moment, [20mph speed limits] are done piecemeal. You have to sign it, [whilst] in a rural setting you end up putting them in hedges which then get grown over and you can’t see them.”
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