Slow off the mark
It is truly nonsensical to curtail the speed of road movements during these hours and is indicative of the muddled thinking which continues to produce projects of this nature.
It can surely only be a question of time before this city, a so-called leader in innovative initiatives, turns the clock back to the late 19th century and reintroduces the man with a red flag walking in front of all motor vehicles.
Brian Farish
Baird Grove
Edinburgh
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Hide AdThe ridiculous idea of imposing a 20mph speed limit in Edinburgh city would be highly environmentally unfriendly on two counts.
Firstly, every driver would wind up using far more fuel travelling in a low gear and, secondly, and more significantly, the levels of pollution throughout the city would greatly increase due to all the extra exhaust fumes that cars, buses and taxis would emit as they take longer to complete their journeys.
Duncan McGregor
Tresta
Shetland
Thank goodness for the new 20mph speed limit in Edinburgh, which is about 10mph faster than is currently achievable.
Alistair Richardson
Pelstream Avenue
Stirling