A friend of mine recently received a questionnaire from Brighton and Hove City Council asking about 20mph speed limits. On the envelope it stated, “Brighton and Hove, a 20mph city”. Doesn’t this sound like we’re a city in the slow lane, a bunch of Luddites, leaning on gate posts chewing straw?

Keeping to 20mph will be difficult. I might get a horse and cart like you see in other countires. I’m a gas engineer so I could load my tools on the back and park where I like.

I could run through red lights without fear of being caught, just like Brighton’s cyclists.

I could even do a spot of shopping in Western Road – there’s no restriction that I can see on horses and carts.

Back to the topic... worryingly, somebody at the council thinks it might be a good idea to make Kingsway in Hove a 20mph limit. Kingsway in Hove – it’s dubious being 30mph, let alone 20mph.

The council doesn’t seem to realise it is becoming a laughing stock and an embarrassment.

The Greens will leave a legacy which could be expensive to readjust in future.

Dave Spalding, Chichester Drive East, Saltdean

I read that 20mph zones could be affecting bus services in Brighton and Hove (The Argus, August 21). This is yet another own goal for the Greens. Their war against the motorist continues but now some bus services may have to be withdrawn due to the 20mph restrictions.

As usual, the “Greens know best” policies prevail but it is the majority who suffer.

Paul Johnson, Middleton Avenue, Hove

The preposterous and unenforceable 20mph speed limit in the city, the suggestion of making the rich pay higher local tax, and now the internecine battles between the melons and mangos make the Green Party look like a shambles. And I for one have not forgotten the appalling treatment meted out to Christina Summers.

With luck and the common sense of the city’s residents, the next local elections will see the end of the Greens’ malign influence on Brighton and Hove.

Michael Johnson, Kevin Gardens, Brighton