The Times has reported under a headline that there are “Record fines for 20mph speeding despite PM’s pledge to scrap zones”. Motorists received more than 216,000 fines for travelling between 20mph and 30mph in 2023, four times more than in 2018. London is a particular problem area. The Met alone has issued 595,000 of the fines — the equivalent of one ticket for every four cars registered in London — amid a crackdown on speeding initiated by Sadiq Khan as Mayor.
There is no correlation between lower speed limits and reduction in road casualties. So why is this campaign to lower speeds being pursued? To finance the police is one reason as they do benefit from speed awareness course fees despite denials.
But it’s also just a symptom of the general attack on the use of private vehicles by those like cyclists who would like them removed from our roads or forced to drive no faster than a cyclist.
How do we get sanity returned to our roads? Voting Mayor Khan out in May might help.
Times article: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/35635115-22b8-438e-bce5-fae72b20723d?shareToken=005028e1f6f33aa934779508d4be2bed
Roger Lawson
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NO sanity with this what casualties have
been saved …nobody walking dont meet anybody on i my walks Commuters cycling!!!
I will even vote for Satan if he promises AND KEEPS PROMISING to give us back what is rightfully ours and what we pay for – OUR STREETS!
Because at the moment the streets of London are perhaps at an average level for an Asian province, but not for a European Capital. Sadiq Khan achieved what Hitler failed to achieve by bombing London. It is high time a FULL AUDIT was conducted and the question answered:
Who is to blame for the collapse of the service quality and finances of TFL (Terror for Londoners)?
That “someone” should then be brought to justice.