40 km/h speed limits - implications for enforcement

The real issue in this paper is whether enforcement is the appropriate means of addressing speed in local streets. I would suggest that it is not and a study of a number of submissions to the Social Development Committee indicate that this is also a belief of many local government authorities. It is my opinion that enforcement is seen as the easy way out as a remedy for those not involved in its implementation and it is easy to satisfy a need to get residents off your back by passing the responsibility to the police. The real need is for us all to work towards real long term solutions where the last resort, enforcement, is rarely needed.