20’s Plenty
One of the ETA’s six campaigning principles is that traffic in our towns travels slowly enough to allow children (and adults!) to walk and cycle safely.
The ETA believes people have a right to feel safe where they live. Children should be able to play in the streets around their homes without fear of traffic. It is this belief which led us to introduce the idea of 20’s Plenty back in the 1990s and become a founding partner in the resulting campaign – a call for 20mph limits where people live. Humane speed limits in residential and built-up areas are a basic mark of respect for pedestrians, cyclists and all human life.
20’s Plenty is now run externally, with continued backing and support of various, likeminded organisations. From just a handful of locations when the campaign was launched, more than 11 million British citizens now live in a 20mph street. If you aren’t one of them, there are a number of things you can do:
Download information packs on the positive effects of 20mph limits, including cost-benefit analyses from the 20s Plenty For Us website.
Mary Fisher
The 20 limit would be excellent if motorists observed it. they don’t in all the streets hereabout, many don’t even keep within the 30 limit. If we complain to the police they say that we should report the car with its registration number but they’re usually going to fast to see the plate.
Matt Hodges
The police don’t want the unpopularity of enforcing speed limits. Enforcement should be passed by law to the Civil Enforcement Officers who enforce many parking restrictions.