“Road safety campaigners and motoring groups are at loggerheads over moves for a blanket imposition of 20mph zones in residential areas. Campaigners urged the Government to make 20mph zones ‘the norm’ in urban areas and villages – insisting their widespread roll-out has reached a ‘tipping point’. But the AA said it was wrong to impose 20mph limits ‘by diktat’ and that the zones – which it broadly backs – should only be introduced where they carry clear public support.” Daily Mail Read more here

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