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Originally Posted by spiderplant
Now 20mph (32km/h). The stopping distance is 12m, and cars are still 4m long, so each car occupies 16m of road. Each hour, 32000/16 cars pass. That's 2000 cars per hour.
So by reducing speed from 30 to 20mph, you've managed to get 12% more traffic down the same road.
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Maybe you drive differently where you live, but around here drivers dont get tape measures out and measure how far they are from the car in front.
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Originally Posted by Hugh
So you think anyone who supports a 20MPH zone outside a school is sub-normal?
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I presume you mean for the hour or so when schools start, and finish (weekdays only). At those times its so busy & "congested", you'd be lucky to do 10 mph past the school.