{"id":51210,"date":"2023-12-09T04:19:12","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T04:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myroadnews.com\/?p=51210"},"modified":"2023-12-09T04:19:12","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T04:19:12","slug":"campaigners-call-for-more-20mph-speed-limits-despite-rishi-sunak-pledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myroadnews.com\/car-reviews\/campaigners-call-for-more-20mph-speed-limits-despite-rishi-sunak-pledge\/","title":{"rendered":"Campaigners call for more 20mph speed limits despite Rishi Sunak pledge"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Road safety campaigners have demanded councils introduce more 20mph speed limits across the UK.<\/p>\n

Gary Digva, founder of safety experts Road Angel admitted there was \u201cnot enough\u201d 20mph speed zones with more urgently needed.<\/p>\n

Back in September, Wales introduced a national 20mph speed limit on roads in urban areas.<\/p>\n

However, councils in England still have the authority to decide where to place 20mph speed limits based on local factors.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Express.co.uk, Mr Digva said: \u201cI\u2019m 100 percent for 20mph. I can\u2019t stress this enough. Safer roads are better for everybody and I’d rather get somewhere on time or five minutes late than have the risk of running someone over.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBecause it’s something you’ve got to carry on your conscience for your life and the risks are unbelievable. What motorists don’t understand is they just look at communication or travelling times. If it’s 20 mph it will take longer to get there.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe council could put roadworks in, they could put another set of traffic lights in there, they could put sleeping policemen, so you’ve got to adjust your travel time anyway.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd 20mph will not make a massive difference to 30mph in the areas that it is applying to but what it will do if someone is run over at 20mph it is the difference between life and death.<\/p>\n

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