http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Ed Balls to push for 20mph... en Mon, 01 Jun 2026 05:14:08 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9867#post-106988 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:43:01 +0000 paul.mag 106988@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>just wonder how they will push this ahead. Lots of signs, humps, speed cameras or perhaps just leave the roads with the pot holes and cracks everywhere </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9867#post-106986 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:46:53 +0000 steveo 106986@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>... having been caught speeding and sent on an awareness course. </p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22044198" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22044198</a></p> <p><em>Mr Balls said the experience had made him even more determined to get 20mph zones on busy roads in the area.</p> <p>"What hit home were the statistics which link speed to car deaths. At 20mph, less than 10% of people will lose their lives if hit by a car. </em> </p>