Slow thinking

BRIAN Bannatyne-Scott has listed some objections (Letters, 17 March) to the planned 20-mile speed limit.

However, he has omitted to mention one distinct advantage of the scheme: when an unsuspecting motorist, travelling along the streets of Edinburgh – the pothole capital of Europe – hits a particularly nasty pothole at 20mph, the ensuing damage to suspension is less likely to be as expensive (to the city council) as the one sustained at 30mph.

Paul Millar

Riselaw Crescent

Edinburgh