I'm seeking the views of residents of the Tewkesbury Lodge Estate for an "official" Residents' Association response to the consultation. In doing so, I've been doing a bit of reading up on 20mph zones.

The Council imply that they can only impose a 20 mph zone if there are enforcement measures in place. In fact the DfT advice which can be seen at http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roads/tpm/tal/...nes?page=4 makes it pretty clear that an area can be made a 20mph zone if 85% of vehicles are already travelling at less than 24mph. It's my belief that this covers virtually all of the proposed roads - even Manor Mount and David's Road.

I live on Netherby Road which has some of the most severe humps around. There are still idiots who are prepared to drive over them at high speed scraping their cars on every one. IMHO humps do not significantly slow down the most dangerous drivers. Wood Vale is a great example of the fact that road cushions (as proposed in David's Road and Manor Mount, presumably for the benefit of the ambulances), serve only to encourage traffic to swerve all over the road.

I'm all for sensible traffic control measures but at the moment I believe that slavishly blanketing entire areas with humps without any need for them is a pointless waste of money.