Illogical approach from the Tories on 20mph speed limits that lower fatalities - Yorkshire Post Letters

Politicians and logical thinking don't go well together. So it is with the Conservatives announcing that they will review 20mph speed limits partly on the grounds that they are ‘widely ignored’.

Yet 30mph speed limits are widely ignored, and from what I've seen the 60 mph limit on single carriageway roads and 70mph limit on dual carriageways and motorways also often flouted. Strangely, the Conservatives don't seem to be advocating changing those limits because they are sometimes ignored.

There is a blanket 20mph restriction in Welsh towns and villages where fatal road accidents have fallen. A good outcome and one the Conservatives should study carefully before wrongly saying there is no evidence base.