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and the brain driving it of course - trouble is that many cars are quicker than the brains driving them !!

There are some very doctrinaire local councilors who really believe that things like speed bumps are the answer to faulty street layouts and that speed limits should all be reduced. The exit from the M53 to New Brighton link onto Leasowe Road Moreton bound is one example of a faulty road layout: traffic coming down the slip road finds it very difficult to see back down Leasowe Road to look for the very small amount of traffic which continues in the left hand lane (most of it moves over to the right to clear this exit). All it needs is simple raod markings to move Leasowe Road traffic outwards as it goes under the bridge. Again why do they allow traffic proceeding towards Wallasey from the various Leasowe exits to turn right in contravention of the highway code. They should put a roundabout at Leasowe Castle then stop all right turns.
The speed limit proposal is easy to support, if traffic goes more slowly it must have fewer accidents. So if doesn't move at all it won't have any accidents. Must be right. The Yanks tried this, reducing the speed limits that is, but saw no significant reduction in accidents.
Fender Lane is a good example of a speed limit wrongly applied: now we have a two lane dual carriageway on which no one can decide which lane to drive in so some takes the outer lane at 38 all the way, some dirve at 40 in the inner lane, so undertaking. It is just a total waste of a road.
Speed bumps do damage cars, they do not slow down the racers either.
I just give up- blanket speed limits are just a muddled attempt at sorting out in-effective road layouts.

I would much rather have 20mph limits in residential areas than speed bumps, which are a regular pain in the suspension. On the estate where I live, anyone doing more than 20mph is asking for trouble anyway. It really isn't safe especially in summer, with parked cars, children playing (yes, children do still play outside, they're not all on computers!) etc.

I was being sarcastic.