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cc93:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/7311550.stm

hellymedic:
What, if any, enforcement will there be?
The Polis are usually only interested in enforcing 30mph and even that is inconsistent.

Round here, 20mph zones have to be 'self-enforcing' with chicanes and speed bumps etc to 'encourage' compliance.

Pingu:
We have number of streets with a 20mph limit in our residential area. The only one where the limit is consistently obeyed is also the only one with speed bumps.

Enforcement is the key.

rogerzilla:
And speed bumps - by which I really mean cushions - are Evil.  Drivers have to straddle them centrally so don't move out when passing cyclists, sometimes they're hard to see at night (ouch), they cause noise and vibration and, perhaps worst of all, they encourage people to buy big 4x4s with a wider track.

Polar Bear:
This type of restriction is already in place in some of the older residential areas of Rugby.   What you get in reality is drivers accelerating hard between bumps or chicanes, then braking hard and creeping over / through.   Nobody thought to place the bumps at every junction and as a result you get many prangs at the cross roads!

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