Wales becomes Trumpton

[motorbiking]

Proven to make people drive elsewhere. But blanket zones like this haven’t made any difference. But the speed kills loby ignore it.

Do 20mph speed limits reduce crashes and casualty numbers?

A new study from has found that reducing speed limits from 30mph to 20mph has had ‘little impact’ on road safety, collisions, and speeding.

www.rac.co.uk

 

[gant]

Because they are proven to work. There would be no point otherwise, why would they bother if they lose money and cost lives.

Because they want people out of their cars?

 

[noseall]

Proven to make people drive elsewhere. But blanket zones like this haven’t made any difference. But the speed kills loby ignore it.

Do 20mph speed limits reduce crashes and casualty numbers?

A new study from has found that reducing speed limits from 30mph to 20mph has had ‘little impact’ on road safety, collisions, and speeding.

www.rac.co.uk

Baby steps. 30 to 20 is a poor comparison. However, it still makes a difference. Long term it will be a good thing.

 

[motorbiking]

Why?

 

[denso13]

Because they want people out of their cars?

That makes no sense at all in relation to 20mph limits.

 

[gant]

That makes no sense at all in relation to 20mph limits.

As long as you know your going against what was said in the second paragraph of the link in the opening post.

 

[charliegolf]

A week on, can't say my life is being ruined by a lower speed limit...

 

[noseall]

A week on, can't say my life is being ruined by a lower speed limit...

A few disgruntled gammons and bored Tories will soon get used to the safer limit.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

A week on, can't say my life is being ruined by a lower speed limit...

Two or three years on, since our 20 limit was imposed locally, and I cannot say it has made much difference to me personally. A minute or two, and I am outside the 20 limit anyway.

 

[Brigadier]

Two or three years on, since our 20 limit was imposed locally, and I cannot say it has made much difference to me personally

Probably made little difference to those who ignored the 30 limit before it, too.

A minute or two, and I am outside the 20 limit anyway

?

 

[noseall]

Probably made little difference to those who ignored the 30 limit before it, too.




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A small hindrance (minute or two), nowt worth getting angry about.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

A small hindrance (minute or two), nowt worth getting angry about.

Must be one of those impatient drivers, who tailgates everyone on the road, he gets stuck behind..

 

[Stadan20]

I image those that don't see an issue with this are cyclists . You know the ones , bumbling around the road like they own the place

 

[securespark]

It's the same with anything new and contentious. Their anger will wane. They'll just have to get used to it and suck it up.

It saves lives and money in the long run.

Look at the hoo-haa when the seat belt law came in in January 1983.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

I image those that don't see an issue with this are cyclists . You know the ones , bumbling around the road like they own the place

I often get to do 10mph or less on m1 and m25.

Through London it's often difficult to achieve 20mph.

That's as a motorist not a cyclist.

On my local roads 20mph is probably the best average .
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It's great to complain about lower speed limits, but in the real world they are often unachievable limits.

It must badly affect those that want to do 40 or more