The Road Toll
Sir, —Your correspondent M. G. Stroud speculates on the result of a trial period of a 20 miles an hour speed limit in the city. The answer is complete stagnation and frustration through congestion. More than 50 years ago I was fined 5s and 5s costs in the United Kingdom for exceeding 20 miles an hour in areas where today at that speed one would be quickly moved on by the police. In a 1908 court case the police sought an injunction against the Streatham Borough Council, London, for imposing a speed limit of 15 miles an hour. Police counsel stated that speed limits caused congestion, leading to confusion and accidents. The magistrate concurred and gave his verdict prohibiting this speed limit. Twenty-one acres taken from London’s Hyde and St. James parks now widen Park lane: eight lanes of traffic use it at speeds up to 50 and 60 miles an hour between the Marble Arch and Hyde Park corner, the busiest corner in the world. —Yours, etc SETH NEWELL. January 13, 1966.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 30958, 14 January 1966, Page 8
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176The Road Toll Press, Volume CV, Issue 30958, 14 January 1966, Page 8
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