Wales Reduces Speed Limit In Built Up Areas To 20Mph

[naomi24]

Will this initiative spread to other areas of the country - and if so will you welcome it?

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-66774379

 

Any Welsh people out there who would like to comment?

[bednobs]

my home city is all 20mph on side roads.  good thing too!

[THECORBYLOON]

The link shows only some roads in built-up areas will be affected and about 65% will remain the same.

[sp1814]

Will this initiative spread to other areas of the country?

It already has. All roads within London's congestion charging zone have a 20mph speed limit (apprently - news to me).

The Scottish government want to lower the speed limit of most residential roads to 20mph by 2025.

Bristol and Manchester, have either already introduced a default limit of 20mph or have outlined plans to do so.

Would I welcome it in my own area? I suppose like many things it'd be an irritant at first but I'd soon get used to it.

 

[choux]

Wales 20Mph Speed Limit in The AnswerBank: News
evadora may wish to add something here.

[THECORBYLOON]

SP, it's not the whole area yet.

"As of February 2023, we have provided a 20mph speed limit on 110km of the TLRN across London. In March 2020, we introduced a 20mph speed limit on all our roads within the central London Congestion Charging Zone, under phase 1 of the programme.

In the next phase of the lowering speed limits programme, by March 2024, we aim to lower the speed limit on a further 140km of TLRN, including 37 town centre locations to provide safer, more pleasant environments for people to travel within London."

[THECORBYLOON]

I see the formatting has not been sorted still.

[choux]

Further to Corby's link, Breakfast on BBC today covered this saying that some roads carrying high levels of traffic but in areas of low number of residential properties will continue with 30 mph limits. It didn't make sense to me as the reporter stood on a pavement and residences were clearly in view. 

In my village the 30 mph limit is often broken and the local community is investigating what might be done to alleviate the problem. Volunteers are regularly out with a radar gun but for short periods of time, no doubt to outwit those who are expecting to come across them. The high-viz coats are a bit of a give away. I applaud them for their efforts though. 

I see no reason why pedestrians should risk their lives to cross the road. 

[sp1814]

Thanks TCL...I thought a 20mph blanket speed limit in London sounded off.

If I still lived in London, 20mph would be a real pain, but 20mph out here in the country is quite nice  - it gives you a fighting chance of not hitting a deer.

[Canary42]

I am very slow in crossing the road and frequently get hooted at by 30mphers who are still out of my sight when I start to cross in urban areas.  20mph would give me a fighting chance.

[barry1010]

Canary, if you can't see a car how are the drivers seeing you?  Have you got restricted vision?

[Canary42]

Yes

[Canary42]

But the reason I don't see them is because they're round a bend. The straight bits of road are covered too quickly by fast drivers.

[naomi24]

Even the narrowest of country roads where I live carry the national speed limit.  Towns and villages are 20 or 30 - but much less chance of a deer popping out in front of you there.

[Old_Geezer]

Not Welsh but. Their regional government is even more out of their tiny minds than the national one. Costing taxpayers millions to oppress the citizens, due to some ego manics wanting to manipulate the public for their own sense of self esteem, and just coming up with ridiculous excuses in the erroneous belief that anyone much will be gullible enough to believe it. I will cost as much to return to sanity when the fools lose control. Another example of why we despair at those presently in charge.  Just about anything done by them just raises the blood pressure to dangerous levels.

[douglas9401]

Scotland looks set to follow suit.

Not surprising as it was such a success during the Nazification that was Covid regulation.

Useless simpering dweebs

[ToraToraTora]

&*%^ing devolution.

[Hazlinny]

In my home town in Scotland, there has been a 20 mph speed limit in most of the streets since 2020.

[sandmaster]

When crossing the road do not rely on approaching traffic observing the speed limit, whatever it is. Like most speed limits this will go largely unenforced until after a tragedy

 

[Cloverjo]

I won't welcome it. 
Near my village is a 20mph zone by the primary school. That's fine on school coming in and chucking out times, but why at midnight in the middle of August?