SO, Lancashire County Council bosses are to step up efforts to educate young drivers.

This is a massively ill-thought out campaign. I just wonder what facts it is based on.

As a nurse who has worked in A&E I can give these reasons why blanket 20mph zones will not reduce accidents: n Most accidents in Lancashire that turn up in hospitals occur on country roads or the main arterial routes, not residential areas. Neither country roads nor main roads are included in 20mph zones as this would require national legislation.

If the government has already dropped public health measures such as plain packaging, it is unlikely to force drivers on main roads to only drive at 20mph.

Most accidents in residential areas are caused when cars are travelling less than 20mph but their view or the view of the pedestrian is obscured by poor or irresponsible parking. How will putting up a 20mph sign affect this?

20mph zones will not work unless the police are willing to enforce them. Has the Telegraph asked the chief of police if they will now be using speed guns in residential areas to enforce the speed limit or will they be continuing to use them on the faster, busier roads?

The Telegraph would have been better focusing on these issues before adopting a knee-jerk policy based on flawed research.

TerryGreen (via website).