Over half of London's roads now have a 20mph speed limit, according to Transport for London.

Figures from the Department for Transport show that in 2024, while 43% of cars exceeded the 30mph limit (and 44% exceeded 70mph on motorways), on 20mph roads, it was 76%. Yes, three-quarters of drivers break the 20mph speed limit.

So, to no one's surprise, people who aren't walking in the middle of the roads, but instead, DRIVING on the roads, are not in favor of the overly conservative restricted speed limits. 

People who are NOT driving on the roads, but instead, getting in the way of the intended users of the roads, the CARS, TRUCKS, and MOTORCYCLES, want the speeds lowered so they can walk la de da loitering in the way, or let their kids PLAY on the streets. 

The BBC In Depth, needed to consult the following experts to state unequivocally that lower speed limits result in fewer people getting hit by cars: 

Chief Scientist at the Transport Research Laboratory   the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
Queen's University Belfast    the National Technical University of Athens

I am certain we could ask anyone who has graduated 4th grade, if slower cars mean slower fewer collisions, and less people going to the hospital, and they would agree. No university or Royal Society really needs to chime in on such an obvious reality. 

Of course, no one asked why the hell there are so many damn people on the roads getting hit, by cars that actually belong no where else, not on sidewalks, not on grass, not on the beaches. Not a single university or Royal Society bothered to point out that with all their degrees, graduations, stupid square hats decorated with drape tassels, mentioned that streets and roads would be SO MUCH  more SAFE if cyclists and pedestrians had elevated paths, and parents kept their kids in the damn yards, parks, and courtyards. Dogs too. 

File this under "no DUH", waste of studies, and funds, and govt meetings. Get slow people off the streets. Make the speed limit have a reasonable minimum, and give out speeding tickets to the jackasses that camp in the fast lane