Quote Originally Posted by Rjk View Post
that's all pretty irrelevant, the 20mph roads prior to this year might have been in areas where accidents have a higher chance of being dangerous i.e. near schools, areas with many pedestrians etc.

if you look at other countries that have adopted a similar reduction in speed there is a resulting reduction in lives lost.

if after a year it appears that something like 10 fewer lives have been lost after the introduction would people agree that it was been worth it?
Of course 20mph roads have been implemented in areas where roads are potentially more dangerous. That's the whole point of them.

I'll counter your argument of whether inconveniencing a billion journeys a year is worth 10 lives by asking why nothing is being done on faster roads to save lives and casualties, where there, I can presume having traffic moving so people can get about is more of a priority.