20mph: Wales first UK nation to drop speed limit from 30mph

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Re: 20mph: Wales first UK nation to drop speed limit from 30mph

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I did a driver awareness course recently and the host informed us that England and Wales would all have a 20mph urban limit within 3years. Looks like she may well be right...
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Re: 20mph: Wales first UK nation to drop speed limit from 30mph

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I'm in support of it. If you want to drive quickly bugger off out of town.
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Re: 20mph: Wales first UK nation to drop speed limit from 30mph

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I say lower it even further, why not 10mph? We can save even more lives and feel even safer.
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Re: 20mph: Wales first UK nation to drop speed limit from 30mph

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It's 30k here in towns. No bugger here is crying about it.
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Re: 20mph: Wales first UK nation to drop speed limit from 30mph

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I look forward to all the '40 everywhere' drivers getting banned for doing twice the speed limit :D
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I guess its a population density thing, as cars have got safer with better tyres, more powerful brakes, ABS etc?
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I ain't bothered..it's only the 30 to 20, not the 50/60. 🤷‍♂️
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Re: 20mph: Wales first UK nation to drop speed limit from 30mph

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I'm not bothered, it only in Wales and I don't want to go there.
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Re: 20mph: Wales first UK nation to drop speed limit from 30mph

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Yorick wrote: Tue Sep 19, 2023 11:51 am It's 30k here in towns. No bugger here is crying about it.
Yebbut, you ain't got nowhere to go on that barren rock.....
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Re: 20mph: Wales first UK nation to drop speed limit from 30mph

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gremlin wrote: Tue Sep 19, 2023 4:50 pm
Yorick wrote: Tue Sep 19, 2023 11:51 am It's 30k here in towns. No bugger here is crying about it.
Yebbut, you ain't got nowhere to go on that barren rock.....
Ya can do better than that :obscene-birdiedoublered:
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ChrisW wrote: Tue Sep 19, 2023 12:04 pm I look forward to all the '40 everywhere' drivers getting banned for doing twice the speed limit :D
They seemed to have all slowed down to 30 round here. It really is not all that bad but then i am not trying to navigate from one side of a city to another.
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Re: 20mph: Wales first UK nation to drop speed limit from 30mph

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Yorick wrote: Tue Sep 19, 2023 6:00 pm
gremlin wrote: Tue Sep 19, 2023 4:50 pm
Yorick wrote: Tue Sep 19, 2023 11:51 am It's 30k here in towns. No bugger here is crying about it.
Yebbut, you ain't got nowhere to go on that barren rock.....
Ya can do better than that :obscene-birdiedoublered:
And don't forget the cheap beer.....
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Taipan wrote: Tue Sep 19, 2023 12:57 pm I guess its a population density thing, as cars have got safer with better tyres, more powerful brakes, ABS etc?
People haven't though.
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Re: 20mph: Wales first UK nation to drop speed limit from 30mph

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Loads of 20mph in Bankruptham.

The problem is, no one can drive at 20mph, those who try are useless at it.
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Re: 20mph: Wales first UK nation to drop speed limit from 30mph

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David wrote: Tue Sep 19, 2023 6:24 pm
Yorick wrote: Tue Sep 19, 2023 6:00 pm
gremlin wrote: Tue Sep 19, 2023 4:50 pm
Yebbut, you ain't got nowhere to go on that barren rock.....
Ya can do better than that :obscene-birdiedoublered:
And don't forget the cheap beer.....
Didn't get forest wildfires either for obvious reasons ... :lol:
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Will it affect their economy. 🤷🏻‍♂️
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Sorry (sort of!! LOL) but they make me laugh!!

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Re: 20mph: Wales first UK nation to drop speed limit from 30mph

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There's a petition to get it rescinded: https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/245548

Over 300,000 have signed it so far.