Thousands of drivers caught speeding a week after camera activated on main Cardiff road

[JamesWales]

I've read some bollocks on here over the years and that's right up there with the worst.

How? I am arguing that, in this example, going 23mph on a wide street is victim less and such should not be punished.

Why is that so hard to grasp?

Do you automatically support every single new law enacted? I doubt it.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

How? I am arguing that, in this example, going 23mph on a wide street is victim less and such should not be punished.

Why is that so hard to grasp?

Do you automatically support every single new law enacted? I doubt it.

Ok. Fair enough. You have a fragrant relationship with the law. If you disagree with it, you shouldn't be punished. That's not really how it works, though.

[JamesWales]

Ok. Fair enough. You have a fragrant relationship with the law. If you disagree with it, you shouldn't be punished. That's not really how it works, though.

We live in a democracy, we are allowed to disagree with laws and debate their usefulness. In this case I think it's stupid and if I think a law is stupid then I don't think breaking it should be punishable.

I am not disputing that it IS punhishable. I know two people who broke it. Neither of them have more respect for it as a result.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

We live in a democracy, we are allowed to disagree with laws and debate their usefulness.

It doesn't also mean we can break them and claim we didn't deserve to be punished because we disagreed with them.

[JamesWales]

It doesn't also mean we can break them and claim we didn't deserve to be punished because we disagreed with them.

I don't think I did say that. I know some people on here view themselves as judge jury and executioner, but it is just a messageboard.

On this I am 100% opposed to the law changes from the Welsh Govt and judging by most speeds on most streets the vast majority don't support them in practice and people doing nothing in practice that is wrong are being hit with fines, which I think is wrong.

[splott parker]

It's not whataboutism. It's about taking the argument that anything that makes us 'safer' should automatically become law with punishment and fines imposed

But drinking after 11pm or going to away matches isn’t against the law, why is it so difficult to accept that driving above the speed limit is?

[JamesWales]

But drinking after 11pm or going to away matches isn’t against the law, why is it so difficult to accept that driving above the speed limit is?

I don't dispute it is against the law.

I'm saying the law is stupid made up by bad politicians who view it as a cash cow.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Welcome to the socialist Republic of Wales with Chairman Drakeford in charge and that wet blanket lee Walters in charge of transport Wales has no hope.

We voted for it

Obviously you didn't but I am afraid it's tough

[splott parker]

I don't dispute it is against the law.

I'm saying the law is stupid made up by bad politicians who view it as a cash cow.

‘The law is an ass’ has been an oft spoken phrase throughout the years. In the big picture dropping the speed limit is quite a petty amendment and is something that affects us very little and is easy to adhere to. I can’t see what the big hoo-haa is all about. The law is an ass can be applied to a few other bigger things. Not that I can think of any, habitual offenders may be able to help

[JamesWales]

‘The law is an ass’ has been an oft spoken phrase throughout the years. In the big picture dropping the speed limit is quite a petty amendment and is something that affects us very little and is easy to adhere to. I can’t see what the big hoo-haa is all about. The law is an ass can be applied to a few other bigger things. Not that I can think of any, habitual offenders may be able to help

If it doesn't piss you off then that's fine. There will be plenty of things you do that will annoy others and vice versa.

Personally I think the law is a distraction, something to make the generally very poor WG look like they are doing something whilst doing absolutely nothing of any good but punishing people for not doing anything really wrong. It's a totally disproportionate law and one of many micro stresses that generally makes life a little more difficult for people

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

The biggest danger to young children is parents in cars aka the school run

For many years there are warnings outside schools , double yellows etc and threats of clamping

But it never happens . The Pcso are hopeless and there is no enforcement

So people continue to park where they want and children are at risk of being hit as they cross between parked cars

The 20 mph limit needs to be enforced

If enough people get caught on camera and it reduces pedestrian deaths and injuries around built up areas and schools then I don't think anyone can complain

[JamesWales]

The biggest danger to young children is parents in cars aka the school run

For many years there are warnings outside schools , double yellows etc and threats of clamping

But it never happens . The Pcso are hopeless and there is no enforcement

So people continue to park where they want and children are at risk of being hit as they cross between parked cars

The 20 mph limit needs to be enforced

If enough people get caught on camera and it reduces pedestrian deaths and injuries around built up areas and schools then I don't think anyone can complain

Is that not mitigated for by reducing speeds near schools, which I don't think anyone objects to.

The issue is on roads where it is perfectly safe to drive at 30 etc now suddenly seeing cars crawl along at 20. I was stuck behind someone doing 16 the other day, it's mental.

I've also noticed more people casually crossing roads and general road rage, tailgating etc.

It's all over the top.

[Joe Gillis]

Well said. They aint petrol heads though, they're just a bunch of old white blokes who hate any form of regulation, and see it as another way of being told what to do. If statistics are released showing that there have been benefits to curbing speed limits, then these wankers won't give a shit. It's Me, me, me..... and it always has been. If the likes of Bluetit and North Cardiff Blue had been about 120 years ago, they'd have been moaning about the laws that were brought in that stopped 8 year olds climbing up chimney chambers in order to sweep them. I'm like you, i couldn't give a shit. I know that if i hit someone at 20 as opposed to 30, then they've got a better chance of living. That'll do for me.

Dumb post

[JamesWales]

Dumb post

You usually know you are about to read a load of guff when someone unnecessarily mentions skin colour at the start of their point. Very 2020s.

[Whisperer]

I would like to see the parking and speed camera fines revenue taken away from local councils and the police and maybe going into some sort of independent body who distributes and evidences the money going back into good causes like sorting out the potholes. Then we would see how eager local councils are about road safety and air pollution.

[blue matt]

I would like to see the parking and speed camera fines revenue taken away from local councils and the police and maybe going into some sort of independent body who distributes and evidences the money going back into good causes like sorting out the potholes. Then we would see how eager local councils are about road safety and air pollution.

I dont think many would argue with that ( though they might on here )

[A Quiet Monkfish]

There's a couple of points about the new 20mph zones in Wales which I think may have been overlooked.
First, in all probability, your car's speedo is set at least 3mph LESS than actual [it can be a lot more], so if you're speedo says you are doing 30, you are doing 27 at most, pos less. Same with 20mph, you're doing 17mph MAX.

So this means that when Mr/Mrs cautious drive at 18/19mph in the new zones, they are doing 15/16 mph, possibly even less. Consequently it seems like a crawl, which it is. Obviously this stuff isn't really discussed in the media.

The Welsh Gov. are bringing in the Fire Brigade next month to stop motorists who are caught over 20mph. They'll be given the option of an on-site safety lecture or a fine/endorsement. Just to let folk know, if they say you were doing 24 mph in a 20 mph zone, tell fireman sam to f**k off. Because of the above, there is a tolerance level of 10% + 2 .

Happy motoring.

[blue matt]

Bath has a few 20 mph zones now, driving my van or my daughters car through them are fine, but driving the family car is a right pain, the car doesnt like doing 15 mph ( and thats what my sat nav on the phone said ) as above, people in front maybe thought they were doing 18 mph

Driving in these zones are just not fun

[North Cardiff Blue]

Well said. They aint petrol heads though, they're just a bunch of old white blokes who hate any form of regulation, and see it as another way of being told what to do. If statistics are released showing that there have been benefits to curbing speed limits, then these wankers won't give a shit. It's Me, me, me..... and it always has been. If the likes of Bluetit and North Cardiff Blue had been about 120 years ago, they'd have been moaning about the laws that were brought in that stopped 8 year olds climbing up chimney chambers in order to sweep them. I'm like you, i couldn't give a shit. I know that if i hit someone at 20 as opposed to 30, then they've got a better chance of living. That'll do for me.

Oh very moral, what an amazing citizen you are, such a safe driver it's a good job Cardiff and Wales pedestrians have you to protect them

Last week - https://www.ccmb.co.uk/showthread.ph...light=speeding

Tuerto -
Got banned for 18 months when i was 17, driving without a full licence, no insurance and then tried to get away from the police, crashed the van into a farmers field.

[North Cardiff Blue]

How are so many being caught. Cant they see the camera??

I think at first people didn't realise the speed had changed, it's been 40mph for years before and 30mph seems too slow.

[BLUETIT]

Oh very moral, what an amazing citizen you are, such a safe driver it's a good job Cardiff and Wales pedestrians have you to protect them

Last week - https://www.ccmb.co.uk/showthread.ph...light=speeding

Tuerto -
Got banned for 18 months when i was 17, driving without a full licence, no insurance and then tried to get away from the police, crashed the van into a farmers field.

52 years driving here, never had 3 points, never been stopped for speeding.

It’s not about the 20mph, it’s about criminalising people.

You would have never have wanted to be behind me, slow driving with a pot of hot pitch on the back, or a van load of glass, I was doing 20mph before it was invented

[North Cardiff Blue]

The biggest danger to young children is parents in cars aka the school run

For many years there are warnings outside schools , double yellows etc and threats of clamping

But it never happens . The Pcso are hopeless and there is no enforcement

So people continue to park where they want and children are at risk of being hit as they cross between parked cars

The 20 mph limit needs to be enforced

If enough people get caught on camera and it reduces pedestrian deaths and injuries around built up areas and schools then I don't think anyone can complain

20mph by schools perfect, everyone agrees and that was already in force. On side streets where cars are double parked, people should be driving at 10mph as a door could open at any minute. Use appropriate speed for the road and conditions.

[North Cardiff Blue]

No they won't. All polls I see suggest at least 90% are against the new 20mph speed limits. I also notice the Welsh Conservatives are promising to overturn this if elected. Will it make any difference? Hardly. Had Plaid or the Lib Dems proposed to overturn it, there might have been a threat, but Wales will never vote in a Tory senedd, no matter what it promises.

Both should agree to reverse it, it would be an easy vote winner.

[North Cardiff Blue]

Across Wales there were 569 pedestrian casualties in 2022. 19 of those were killed. It's interesting to delve into the statswales website to find out more.

320 pedestrians were hit by cars on unclassified roads (56%)
80 pedestrians were hit by cars on B roads (14%)
167 pedestrians were hit by cars on A roads (29%)

8 pedestrians were killed on A-roads, 5 on B-roads, 5 on unclassified roads.

8 pedestrians were killed on dual carriageways, 10 on normal single carriageway roads, 1 on a motorway.

8 pedestrians were killed in areas where the speed limit was 50mph, 2 in areas of 40mph, 8 in areas of 30mph and 1 in a 20mph area.

It might be interesting to some that 15 of the 19 fatalities occurred in good weather.

The Welsh Government has made a big point about pedestrian survival rate being much higher at 20mph, hence the reason for lowering the speed limits. Last year no-one was run over on a single carriage A-road with a speed limit of 30mph, only 4 were killed on B-roads with a speed limit of 30mph.

Good stats

What if instead of changing speed limits they had used that money to improve early diagnosis of Cancer in the Welsh NHS, wouldn't that save far more lives?

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Good stats

What if instead of changing speed limits they had used that money to improve early diagnosis of Cancer in the Welsh NHS, wouldn't that save far more lives?

What if they just used that money in the NHS full stop?