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Taxi union to oppose Brighton and Hove's 20mph scheme



Taxi driver unions are to oppose plans to create a vast 20mph area.

Brighton and Hove City Council’s transport committee signed off on plans to introduce the restrictions on more than 500 streets between Sackville Road, Hove, in the west and Freshfield Road, Brighton, in the east.

Only Sackville Road, Old Shoreham Road and the A259 seafront road will be immune from the new limits, which will come in from April.

But the GMB union, which represents about 1,800 taxi drivers in the city, is unhappy it was not consulted after the proposal was unveiled earlier this year.

Representatives have told council chiefs the union will oppose the traffic order when it is advertised in the coming weeks.

They added it will also seek legal advice to see if the local authority had complied with its lawful responsibility to consult.

source: http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10081068 ... ph_scheme/

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

we have it in place down here, in actual fact in some places its a good idea, however in other places its the do gooders gone mad and no one actually pays any attention to it.

I have done 61,000 miles in my latest car, working those roads and streets.

At an average speed of 18 mph.

Is the 20 mph limit on some of the roads the most pressing issue the trade currently has?

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IDFIMH

Quit possibly Sussex, its dam hard to drive most of the day at that speed and it waists fuel and is not good for the vehicle

On this occasion, the police really have better things to do, there's a bit of enforcement, otherwise it's much the same.

Even then, if you're driving at 25mph, they normally do let you go. It's just now and again some people complain.