I too am in favour of 20 mph zones. One for Chipping Campden and one for Broad Campden. They won’t immediately have an impact on all those drivers who tend to speed but eventually the message will get through to.

Andrew: What would benefit Campden more is to stop people double parking on the roads or parking where they like

Rick: Absolutely yes. Few people stick to speed limits but equally many people will only exceed limits by around 10mph. So a limit of 20mph is likely to mean the majority at least stick to below 30.

Will Lusty: I was born here 58 years ago. People have always ‘opened up’ down the high street. I have been hit twice by cars here. I have lived in Tokyo, London &amp; Istanbul and never been hit. So many towns and villages in Oxfordshire (for example) have introduced the ’20’s plenty’ initiative- &amp; it works.

Christopher Jenkins: I lived in a 20mph street at my previous house in Hampshire. It is very difficult to drive at 20mph. The limit was widely, if not universally, ignored. I was frequently tailgated, flashed/horned and quite often overtaken doing my 20mph, which made it more dangerous than before the limit was introduced. I think for specific, small areas, it is a good idea. Examples might include outside schools, very narrow parts of roads etc. As a blanket ban, I think it is a bad idea. I have tried driving in, say, Bath, with 20mph limits, even on some of the main roads. The experience was excruciating and frustrating, which is likely to make drivers irritated and more likely to make mistakes and have/cause accidents. It was widely ignored by most other vehicles.I find your statistic that 70% of people in such residential streets are in favour hard to believe. It was widely disliked by almost everyone at my previous address. Cars would come out of side streets, meaning almost certainly residents, and come zooming up behind me and not infrequently overtaking as described above. I suspect the true statistic is that 70% of those people who chose to respond were in favour, which is at best misleading, and not representative of the majority opinion. My previous address was part of a pilot scheme, which the council said was voted in favour of by a wide margin. In fact, most of us did not know about the scheme, and the actual ballot was responded to by less than 10% of the residents affected. For these reasons, I would be totally opposed to a blanket ban.

Mrs S White: I am in favour of this plan especially in Chipping Campden. Back Ends is in need of this 20 mph limit. It used to be for cars, cycles and walkers. Now it is a main bus route and tourist coaches. There are no pavements and blind corners.

Tony Muranka &amp; Geraldine Rogers As residents of Park Road, we are strongly in favour of a 20mph limit.Park Road is very narrow – only wide enough for one vehicle.On the north side the front doors open directly onto the narrow pavement and then the road. Vehicles (including lorries) speed along, inches from pedestrians, including the elderly, children, prams and wheelchairs. Vehicles even mount the pavement dangerously – especially huge lorries which are officially not allowed in Park Road.Cars parked on the south side are frequently damaged, sideswiped by bad drivers or people trying to pull in to facilitate a vehicle coming the other way.Also the road has potholes, which together with the camber of the road causes large puddles on the north side. Passing vehicles splash the water directly onto the walls, doors and windows of the houses. This causes damp problems. The potholes need fixing, but reducing the speed limit would reduce the wash.The new development at the Leasows will exacerbate all these problems.Given the special problems, Park Road should perhaps even have a 10mph limit.

There is chatter across Gloucestershire for a blanket 20mph speed limit across the county in residential areas.The Arguments for a 20mph Zone:1. Accepted as normal by local authorities currently where 21m people in the UK live. Wales are adopting a Nationwide Residential 20mph limit. Both Oxfordshire and Cornwall are expected to adopt a County wide Residential 20mph limit. 20mph is global best practice where people mix with motor traffic.2. Popular: Government and other surveys consistently find 70% support in residential streets which rises after 20mph limits are introduced.3. Affordable and cost-effective, with multiple societal, environmental, economic, and climate benefits.4. Prioritise quality of life: 20mph helps to create places where human activity, including walking, cycling and social interaction, takes precedence over traffic.5. Safer: The UK’s Department for Transport estimates that speed a reduction of 1mph in built-up areas reduces casualties by 6%. 20mph schemes typically lead to up to 20% fewer casualties.6. Better for the environment: 20mph reduces CO2 emissions by 26% and NOx by 28% compared with 30mph. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://skyrad.co.uk/transport-innovation-research/">https://skyrad.co.uk/transport-innovation-research/</a>7. Enforceable, like any speed limit.8. Little impact on journey times: The ‘stop-start’ nature of traffic in built up areas is a much more significant factor. Roads can stay at 30mph where the needs of vulnerable road users are met. Bus journeys and timetables times are generally unaffected.9. Speed reductions occur, even without regular Police enforcement, to the benefit of all road users. Note: all new car models will have in-car speed limiters from 2022.10. Few signs needed: 1 or 2 signs on entry and some repeaters to remind drivers and no need for physical calming.11. Sustainable:Ties in closely with other policies to address climate change, improve air quality and enable more people to walk and cycle – especially for short journeys.12. Rolling it out Countywide would be a one-off cost of £2.3m. Produce a saving of £480k pa medical and ambulance costs for the GCC and an expected annual total benefit of £5.7m pa, all through a 20% reduction in casualties in existing 30mph areas<img src="https://community-platform-bucket-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/campdenonline/User_1/postMedia/embedment_sjxsef49kwdmjbhu.jpeg"><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://campdenonline.beam.gg/search?hashtag=transport"> <a data-hashtag class="hashtag" data-id="transport" href="https://campdenonline.beam.gg/search?hashtag=transport">#transport</a> </a> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://campdenonline.beam.gg/search?hashtag=traffic"> <a data-hashtag class="hashtag" data-id="traffic" href="https://campdenonline.beam.gg/search?hashtag=traffic">#traffic</a> </a>

There is chatter across Gloucestershire for a blanket 20mph speed limit across the county in residential areas.The Arguments for a 20mph Zone:1. Accepted as normal by local authorities currently where 21m pe

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