New electronic signs warn drivers breaking 20mph limit
The funding for the purchase and installation of the Vehicle Activated Signs has come from TfL.
Sam Monck, Head of Borough Projects and Programmes at TfL said:
“We’re very supportive of any measures to improve road safety and it’s great to see Islington Council taking the lead in this area.
“These new signs as well as their 20mph speed limit on all roads, are helping to reduce the number of accidents in the local area. We hope that our funding for the project will help to reduce them even further.”
Notes to editors
If someone is hit by a car at 40 mph they are 90% likely to be killed.
If someone is hit by a car at 30 mph they are 50% likely to be killed.
If someone is hit by a car at 20 mph they are 10% likely to be killed.
(http://www.safespeed.org.uk/killspeed.html)
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