20MPH Speed Limit - Wales

[BigJoe#1]

Polling shows support for the change.



Where implemented elsewhere support generally further increased after implementation.

That question is somewhat biased I might suggest. Had the question been do you support the introduction of a blanket 20mph speed limit in Wales we may have seen a different outcome. There are many many roads now at 20mph where cars do not mix with pedestrians.

As a point of interest RedfieldWilton is an agency run by a good friend of Lee Walters, the minister leading the campaign/policy. The same company that provided the data that showed overwhelming support before.

Unfortunately the evidence was based on the question: Would you like to see less accidents outside your house/in your location...? Not many people are likely to say no to that.... but it is a totally different question to: do you support the introduction of a blanket 20mph speed limit in Wales?

 

[Protein Junkie]

Have you met the Welsh?

At least we are not named after a fecking vegetable :-)

 

[Blue Mist]

That question is somewhat biased I might suggest. Had the question been do you support the introduction of a blanket 20mph speed limit in Wales we may have seen a different outcome. There are many many roads now at 20mph where cars do not mix with pedestrians.

As a point of interest RedfieldWilton is an agency run by a good friend of Lee Walters, the minister leading the campaign/policy. The same company that provided the data that showed overwhelming support before.

Which is what I said earlier in the thread. If you pay the right people enough money they will say anything you want.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Twenty is plenty everywhere apart from A roads and Motorways.

 

[BigJoe#1]

Twenty is plenty everywhere apart from A roads and Motorways.

.... If only. Main arterial routes (A roads) through towns and cities are mostly 20mph.

Just try driving at 20mph in a 30mph zone. You will be surprised how difficult it is when you're on an empty, wide road to drive at 20mph... and then when there are hills, another major headache.

I urge you all to try it just so you can experience the difficulty.

Not on housing estates or outside schools or hospitals or town centres which you will find the majority of people will agree with, but on a main arterial routes. Just try it.

 

[snorky]

A single lapse in concentration could be and often is FATAL, especially when you factor in higher speeds.

Oh, if it's going to be FATAL I will slow down then. I just wanted to clip a few of the welsh twats :)

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

Its a load of fuss over nothing. Someone will be bimbling along at 20 and you get frustrated for a minute or two but then someone races past and you all end up stopped at the same red light on a junction anyway. Not a drama at all

 

[Bill Walker]

Which is what I said earlier in the thread. If you pay the right people enough money they will say anything you want.

I heard @Mad Eyed Screamer gets paid highly for his mod duties and pro Morrissey stance.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

I heard @Mad Eyed Screamer gets paid highly for his mod duties and pro Morrissey stance.

I asked @Ric for a raise last week..... I can tell you how much he gave me... William, it was really nothing.......

 

[Barcon]

I asked @Ric for a raise last week..... I can tell you how much he gave me... William, it was really nothing.......

Get out.