Fwd: 20mph enforcement.

[richard attwood]

Hi All - FYI - just sent this to Insp Clifton, SYP Roads, following his call which came at the end of an email run started off by the recent episode of a chap being told 20s were not enforceable.

Richard

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: richard attwood <attwood...@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 10:31 AM
Subject: 20mph enforcement.
To: CRAIG CLIFTON <craig....@southyorks.pnn.police.uk>
Cc: Anna Semlyen <ann...@20splenty.org>, Info <in...@southyorkshire-pcc.gov.uk>

Hello Craig, thanks again for your call and time on Thursday, I found it very helpful.

Thank you for your offer to write to your officers and clarify the enforceable status of Sheffield's 20mph streets, and the options officers have for enforcement, which I take to be:

1. A verbal caution/advice?

2. Referral for one of the new 20mph specific Speed Awareness courses (NSAC20 - currently nearest courses being Nottingham or Manchester)

3. Fixed penalty

4. Summons

- as clarified by ACPO guidance 2013.

Can you confirm I have understood this correctly please?

It was very helpful to clarify that your force currently has no particular co-working arrangement with other agencies in our area as regards the rollout of wide area 20mph limits in Sheffield (and presumably you have not been approached on the matter) and as such has no policy, beyond the usual enforcement of identified problem locations, with regard to helping Sheffielders understand and comply with the establishment of these new limits:

See //www.sheffield.gov.uk/content/sheffield/home/roads-pavements/20mph-areas.html - old and very basic info but gives you the gist that these new limits are more about creating safer feeling and more people-friendly conditions for all road users in our city, countering the current tendency for motor vehicles being felt to have priority over other road users, at the expense of those who might for example choose more Active Travel options for appropriate journeys if they felt less threatened.

Examples of this co-working, which maximises effect for everyone's hard pressed resources, can be found here: http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/birminghams-new-20mph-speed-limits-11995562 and West Midlands police (Insp Jared White) are being particularly proactive, see 20 bit in  https://trafficwmp.wordpress.com/

Hopefuly we will at some point move to a more proactive multi service model here in Sheffield, so helping people to understand and comply with these new lower speeds, and so realizing the many benefits this can bring to our City. It wouold be good to see the matter getting some coverage via the South Yorks Road Safety Partnership.

Thanks too for the Community Speedwatch info - we will follow that option up.
 
Personally I think that average speed cameras are perhaps the most effective way forward for particular fixed areas (people intensive places like shopping areas, school routes, park environs etc) - we had a presentation by Jenoptik at a recent 20mph conference:
 
Geoff Collins - jenoptik.com - Average Speed Camera Enforcement

In use at 100 sites – incl 4 x 20mph sites.

Benefits:

- High compliance

- Feels fairer/less persecutory – fewer fines than static.

- Consistent speeds over bigger distances.

- Less braking/acceleration so less fuel use/pollution.

- Fewer collisions. (36% reduction KSI’s).

- This conveyor belt efficiency means higher volumes of traffic can pass through a scheme without flow breakdown occurring.

- Good journey reliability.

- New generation cameras can be mounted on existing street furniture, and function in both directions.

Meantime you can find lots of clear info re 20mph at the National campaign site:  http://www.20splenty.org/ and in particular re the role of the police here: http://www.20splenty.org/compliance.

Thanks again for your call and time.

Richard Attwood.