People who use lease cars to get around urban environments, rather than for long journeys, could find they are more likely to face 20 mph speed limit zones in future.<\/p>\n
The Department for Transport explains that it has lifted red tape from the process required in order to enforce the limit.<\/p>\n
As a result, local councils now have much more control over the decision, with relaxed rules on putting a 20 mph limit in an area without other traffic-calming measures such as speed bumps in place.<\/p>\n
Norman Baker, regional and local transport minister, says: “If councils and local communities want to put in place 20 mph schemes on residential roads, or use common-sense measures such as variable speed limits outside schools, then they should be able to do so.”<\/p>\n
The measures include allowing mini roundabouts and repeater signs to enforce the speed limit, which in turn should mean fewer chicanes and speed humps.<\/p>\n
Other regulations already permitted by the Highway Code include a ban on stopping – including to pick up passengers – on the road markings outside school entrances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"