Cressida Dick said the zones made it “harder for our officers to get through streets”Low-traffic neighbourhoods hinder 999 response times, Metropolitan Police commissioner Dame Cressida Dick has warned, as it emerged that criminals use the zones to give police the slip. Dick said that the traffic-calming measures made it “harder for our officers to get through streets and roads that they could previously get through much faster”. SponsoredShe acknowledged that low-traffic zones were intended to save lives by reducing road deaths and pollution but added: “We are a lifesaving organisation as well.”Dozens of local authorities have introduced the traffic restrictions in the past year to encourage people to walk and cycle, paid for by the government’s £250 million “emergency active travel fund”. In many areas, roads have been blocked by bollards or plant boxes designed to leave only

Source: The Times May 14, 2021 16:07 UTC