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This is a very interesting article over on Conservative Home about the policy of removing traffic calming humps from roads. Barnet Council, a London Borough, took the decision to remove humps because of their impact on the environment and the fact there was emerging evidence that they were contributing to deaths and injuries rather than helping reduce them.
Well, the evidence is in. They have removed them, the emergency services are happy and their death rate had declined faster than other Borough’s. Even Ken Livingstone, who tried to persecute them has now agreed that humps make no impact on road deaths.
Perhaps now other Borough’s should be brave enough to try it.
ConservativeHome’s Local Government Blog: Don’t get the hump
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