SSP Research, Policy & Media Unit
Press Release: 26/09/03

Scottish Socialist Party MSP Rosie Kane today welcomed the news that the Scottish Executive planned to introduce 20 MPH zones around schools but called on the zones to be made mandatory.
Rosie, who was knocked down by a car as a child, also wants the 20 MPH zones introduced around play parks and built up areas around motorway exits.
Rosie believes that lives would be saved and accidents reduced if the zones were made mandatory by a law passed in the Scottish Parliament.
Rosie said;
“Introducing mandatory 20 MPH zones would have an immediate impact on children, mothers with prams and buggies and on older people who feel frightened and intimidated when they are faced with busy roads and speeding traffic.”