Petition against 20mph blanket speed limit

[splott parker]

Re: Petition against 20mph blanket speed limit

Genuine question.......are any of the posters on here having to leave home for work significantly earlier in the morning or arriving home much later after work due to the revised speed limits?

[Rjk]

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The primary reason the Welsh Government keep saying is a reduction in fatalities and serious injuries, reducing the pressures on the NHS. I understand that 20mph in 3rd gear produces the same emissions as 30mph in 4th as revs are virtually the same.

In the link I provided earlier, Professor Cole says one reason for the speed reduction is to make car travel less attractive. In other words, the Welsh Government know that we can't keep putting more and more cars on the roads and this will hopefully result in fewer car journeys.

Cardiff council haven't got that memo, they've just cancelled the free school bus from gwaelod y Garth to Radyr comp, meaning there will probably be an extra 10-20 cars crawling through Radyr each morning

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Re: Petition against 20mph blanket speed limit

Genuine question.......are any of the posters on here having to leave home for work significantly earlier in the morning or arriving home much later after work due to the revised speed limits?

They haven't been revised yet.

[BLUETIT]

Re: Petition against 20mph blanket speed limit

Genuine question.......are any of the posters on here having to leave home for work significantly earlier in the morning or arriving home much later after work due to the revised speed limits?

Cardiff bus is cutting back on services from tomorrow (Monday) partially because of the 20mph limits

[Rjk]

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They haven't been revised yet.

I don't think any of the roads I use to commute are going to change

[Heathblue]

Re: Petition against 20mph blanket speed limit

Genuine question.......are any of the posters on here having to leave home for work significantly earlier in the morning or arriving home much later after work due to the revised speed limits?

I leave earlier in the morning not to have to put up with the tailgaters trying to make me go faster than 20 mph, i have previously been leaving the house at circa 6.45, if i can get out around 6.30 volume is significantly less.

[Rjk]

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I leave earlier in the morning not to have to put up with the tailgaters trying to make me go faster than 20 mph, i have previously been leaving the house at circa 6.45, if i can get out around 6.30 volume is significantly less.

do the tailgaters only leave later?

[splott parker]

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They haven't been revised yet.

The 20s are operational aren’t they? I bloody hope so, I’ve been happily trundling around for weeks

[darran1927]

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The 20s are operational aren’t they? I bloody hope so, I’ve been happily trundling around for weeks

17th this all comes into force. As has been said on several posts a blanket 20 is ludicrous. 20 by schools I think would be more sensible. When I was a kid I remember the green cross code ads. Not seen any of that for years. Is that even still taught nowadays

[splott parker]

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17th this all comes into force. As has been said on several posts a blanket 20 is ludicrous. 20 by schools I think would be more sensible. When I was a kid I remember the green cross code ads. Not seen any of that for years. Is that even still taught nowadays

Dave Prowse passed away.

[The Bloop]

Re: Petition against 20mph blanket speed limit

Genuine question.......are any of the posters on here having to leave home for work significantly earlier in the morning or arriving home much later after work due to the revised speed limits?

Due to the bus timetable changes coming into force this week (for reasons other than just the 20mph limit), my bus to work is 20 minutes earlier in the morning. The return journey now departs 15 mins earlier or 15 mins later.
One argument I did hear regarding the new limits is that, if the council are serious about getting more people out of cars, then buses should still be able to travel up to 30mph.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Re: Petition against 20mph blanket speed limit

Due to the bus timetable changes coming into force this week (for reasons other than just the 20mph limit), my bus to work is 20 minutes earlier in the morning. The return journey now departs 15 mins earlier or 15 mins later.
One argument I did hear regarding the new limits is that, if the council are serious about getting more people out of cars, then buses should still be able to travel up to 30mph.

But that could only happen where there are bus lanes. Cardiff isn't so bad for those, but there are lots of parts of Wales where there are no bus lanes at all.

[The Bloop]

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But that could only happen where there are bus lanes. Cardiff isn't so bad for those, but there are lots of parts of Wales where there are no bus lanes at all.

There's no buses either in many parts

[superfeathers]

Re: Petition against 20mph blanket speed limit

Due to the bus timetable changes coming into force this week (for reasons other than just the 20mph limit), my bus to work is 20 minutes earlier in the morning. The return journey now departs 15 mins earlier or 15 mins later.
One argument I did hear regarding the new limits is that, if the council are serious about getting more people out of cars, then buses should still be able to travel up to 30mph.

I’m pretty sure they’ve said 20mph is to reduce the accidents / deaths
I’m not sure giving buses the chance to hit people at 30
Will tie in with the policy 😂

[North Cardiff Blue]

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I’m pretty sure they’ve said 20mph is to reduce the accidents / deaths
I’m not sure giving buses the chance to hit people at 30
Will tie in with the policy ��

No it's not about that at all, it's just a chance to show some power get some attention and say look at us we are doing things different, we are in a mess, the NHS in Wales is shagged we have a worse economy than the rest of the UK, more empty shops, but we locked down for longer, banned the English, stepped people driving five miles, we've got more bus lanes and fewer buses and have slower speeds look at us.