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Petition update, 13 June 2008

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We the undersigned request that the government change the standard urban speed limit from 30mph to 20mph as soon as possible.

We believe this is a low-cost measure that can offer a major reduction in road casualties, lower carbon emissions and cut obesity. By offering a clear, simple, national limit, drivers can adjust more easily to driving at a lower speed, than to the present piecemeal arrangements which require expensive traffic calming measures.

Research in this country and abroad has clearly shown that a 20mph limit significantly cuts death and injury when applied. A 20mph limit also makes residential and shopping streets more pleasant to walk and cycle in, so cutting carbon emissions and improving health by encouraging people out of their cars. For instance, a recent survey by the Transport Research Laboratory of 20mph zones across the UK and in other European countries found child road accidents fell by 67%, cyclist accidents by 29% and traffic flow by 27%.

Current signatories

Ian Oliver, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• William Revels
• Glen Wright
• D.J.Powell.
• S.Powell
• carl hudson
• J. Rimmer
• Katja Osborne
• William McDowell
• Dick King
• S King
• Nat Queen
• Kelvin Brown
• James Wishart
• Tina McLeod
• Steve Bassett
• Allison Neller
• Thomas Steffen
• Philip Cudmore
• Paul Ruane whats the point when it still needs policing as majority will ignore
• Wyn Pugh
• James
• Richard Evans
• Kerry Nice
• bill diver
• ORLANDO diver
• Richard Carter
• Richard Reeve
• James Woodcock
• Stephen Taylor
• Phil Evans
• julie farina-child
• Antony Evans
• Michael Evans
• Charles Barraball
• colin twyning
• Wesley Curtis
• Julian Bond
• Mr Michael J Dees
• David Vine
• Ralph Brazier
• John Thraves
• Lucy Taussig
• Ross Corben
• John White
• Dr S E Morrow
• Gordon Hickish
• Tamara Essex
• Barry Freeman
• Michael Cosgrove
• Adrian Camm
• Anthony Goodson
• Ian T. R. Craigie
• Julia Wade
• A G WYATT
• Philip Loy
• stephen harvey
• George Coulouris
• Nicholas Gibbins
• James Mathurin
• Jon Evans
• jim kelly
• Martin Ireland
• Bryony Evens
• Ian Munro
• Keep your kids off the road
• stuart franey
• Richard Carden
• Adam Edwards
• Steven Bridge
• Arthur Cornwell
• Iain Houston
• Rob Shields
• Mike Thompson
• Nick Wyver
• J Duckworth
• Steven Robson
• David Martin
• Patrick McLouglin
• Gursharn Sangha
• Lester Peters
• Jonathan Pendrous
• Kirsten Hey
• Shivaji Shiva
• Peter Walker
• Penelope Barritt
• Kelvin Jenkin
• Nigel Parkin
• Lynette Briginshaw
• A J Philip
• Denis Walker
• Gary james
• Matthew Jones
• Martin Tripp
• nick rowntree
• Jakob bronebakk
• Catherine Humes
• Chris Peck
• J N Fuller
• B Howard
• Brigitte Chaudhry
• Kate Tucker
• Jamie Robertson
• Maureen Edwards
• David Midmer
• Sandra Midmer
• Simon Legg
• John Scullion
• brian ford
• Neil Carter
• S Duddell
• Neil Currant
• lesley joanne love
• Roger Geffen
• karen tyler
• Martin Bijl
• David White
• Simon Geller
• pete sayers
• Bruce McAdam
• John Deal
• Richard Gilbert
• Jak Radice
• Mary Shackleton
• apurba kundu
• Georgina Delaney
• Hamed
• James Swannack
• david baillie
• john d anderson
• Marion Pencavel
• Gary Williams
• Catherine Bolton
• David Kahn
• Malcolm Veale
• ian loasby
• JulieWhite
• Helen Livingston
• David Holt
• tony tennant
• daniel russell
• Matt Carmichael
• Sarah george
• jeff baker
• Paul A Randerson
• Rachael Sharples
• Tony Cornah
• Martyn Hyde
• D.Bridge
• Andrew Lawrence
• Owen Davies
• Dave Princep
• Kieron Desmond
• Riza Momin
• Philip Benson
• Michelle Hawthorne
• Alexander Kennedy
• David Kinshuck
• GO AWAY, YOU CAR HATING MORONS.
• Gregory Price
• James Delap
• Paige Mitchell
• Mark Johnson
• David Dodwell
• Amy Aeron-Thomas
• Mark Hubbard
• Paula McGivern
• Richard Bourn
• Mo Burns
• Catriona Hobbs
• Paul Krebs
• Rebecca Lush Blum
• G Boardman
• Barbara Stephens
• John Martin
• wendy clare
• anita sancha
• Oscar Franklin
• Matt Hodges
• Mary Hodges
• Bill Sewell
• Norman Neal
• Helen Tank
• anne adams
• Tessa Hunt
• Paul Cannings
• Adelaide McLaughlin
• Shirley Goodwin Jones
• michael Jackson
• Rebecca Roseff
• Susan Pitt
• Umberto Albarella
• Phil Edwards
• Nick Jones
• Jane Cross
• Philip Chadwick
• Felicity Norman
• Cecily Blench
• Adrian Clancey
• Heather Walker
• david eales
• Christopher Keene
• riejet oliver
• Alastair Dent
• Ian Smith
• catherine floyd
• Kathryn Cooper
• Greg Melia
• Margo Hanson
• Brenda Puech
• Caroline Bentley
• Catherine Jennings
• Melodie Winch
• Martin Wyness
• Lucy Marder
• I Jeremy Clarkson think all fast cars should be banned
• Rob Hattersley
• Luke Clements
• Phyllis Lewis
• Stop killing children
• Sheila Milne
• Richard Branczik
• Susan Hall
• Theresa Houghton
• Max Houghton
• Sandra Mifflin
• Petra Regent
• Andrew Norman
• Robert Eckley
• Mark Waters
• Roderick Douglas
• Krishnan Bhaskaran
• L Howe
• Matthew Saywell
• Robert Dean
• Trevor Parsons
• Gail Ferguson
• Carolyn Hattersley
• Adam Thompson
• Mike Atkinson
• richard lewis
• David McMillan
• geoff browne
• joann clark
• Jane Garbutt
• susan diana powell
• Rita Taylor
• Harriet Dickson
• Julie Robinson
• David Bossano
• Jim Scullion
• David Walton
• R Stewart
• Kim Vowden
• Peter Milne
• Janet Souyave
• richard howson
• Judy Ballard
• John Phillipson
• Matt Oxby
• Caroline Williams
• Bobbie Blackwell
• Scott Redding
• Rachel David
• Jeff Wagstaff
• K Bolt
• richard barker
• carolyn johnson
• Susan Morris
• Val Weedon MBE
• sandra richards
• Helen Simpson
• John Thomas
• Christine Rees
• Faye Cornell
• Mark Garrett
• Ken Maitland
• Louis Ward
• Lesley Maitland
• Suzie Ward
• Stuart Petts
• Andrew Jamieson
• George Langley
• Fay Pafford
• Yvonne Lincoln
• Wilma Parkinson
• Andy Dornan
• Paul Luton
• Richard Bellefontaine
• Laurence Breeze
• Neil Casey
• Liam Tully
• Robert Huxford
• Dr C Buckley
• Carlton Blythe
• J Gibbs
• Robert Battersby
• Robert Barclay
• It's already been proven that driving at 20 produces MORE co2 than 30, so get your facts right!
• Anne Healy
• Dr F Brown
• corinne grimley evans
• Simon Hunt
• Richard Bradley
• susanna pressel
• Paul Cullen
• Rosamund Weatherall
• Ian Callaghan
• sonia martin stop chldren dying on our roads
• James Styring
• Graham Wise
• Annie Cook
• Ben Gillett
• JUNE WEBB
• J Voelcker
• Michael Cahill
• Graham Aylard
• pete Antell
• Natasha Hannigan
• Ted Dewan
• David Bond
• helen coxon
• Sheila Berridge
• Peter Skuce
• Kathryn Jones
• Judith Isufi
• Michael Sackin
• Dave Dixey
• Elizabeth Mandeville
• robert ball
• vanessa jausovec
• Marcus Churchill
• richard peace
• Alan Stocker
• Mark Edwards
• Alistair Gunn
• A.DAVIES
• Nick Van Hateren
• Heather Massey
• Margaret King; agree strongly. SPEED KILLS! don't you pro-motorists care?
• PETER HOWARD
• yvonne reeves