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Was in Benidorm Mon-Fri just gone, 20kph zones all over, main roads through the town as well. It’s not a local scheme by any means.

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20kph is 12.4 mph tho

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That’s what it was, the transfer coach crawled along once we got off the motorway from Alicante.

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I'm in Alicante as we speak, no sign of anyone slowing down to 32.187 kilometres per hour

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Thought this was something to do with Aladdin.

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Nip into Benidorm. 20 signs everywhere.

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Just read on a ‘Benidorm site’, 60 traffic cameras gone up recently as well, with fines ranging from €100 to €600 depending on how much over you’re going.

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I am tomorrow on the brilliant Tram service ( L4) from Alicante, presume you mean 32.187 KPH.

Not seen any speed restrictions in neighbouring resorts like Torrevieja, Teulada-Moraira, Javea, Calpe, Altea, Denia, Santa Pola, San Juan Player, still hammering around, tooting horns in their dusty cars and scooters.

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No, I mean 20 signs, me and the missus remarked on them, ‘There’s another one, there’s another one’

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Currently in France and there's plenty of 30kph roads around through towns and villages. Not such a big deal.
Not sure if this is the same petition, but there's also one doing the rounds organised by the Welsh Conservatives. Ironic really when all but one of their Senedd members voted in favour of it.

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I’m in Normandy at the moment, and all the villages/towns are 20 mph and nearly everyone is sticking to it. I have to say, it doesn’t seem to be too big a problem.

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I don't drive in Cardiff often but wanted to go to Ikea and thought I'd see what it's like driving through constant 20mph zones as far as Upper Boat, so went through Canton, Radyr and Taffs Well, before hitting the A470.

I encountered one car going through Radyr at around 17 mph. If someone doing 27 in a 30 zone is a tad frustrating, 17 in a 20 zone is infinitely worse.

After a while, because I was driving so slowly, my mind was wandering as I didn't feel I needed as much concentration on the road. I started looking at other things as I was driving, something I wouldn't really do at 30. Will driving more slowly cause drivers to lose concentration? I wonder.

At one point I had a slight battle with 2 cyclists, both of which were doing roughly the same speed as me, but out of habit, I wanted to get past them. They had a small cycle lane, so it wasn't as if I was trying to overtake on the other side of the road, but seeing them overtake me at times was more than a bit disconcerting. Drivers will have to be more vigilant of cyclists going faster on the nearside.

I also found that it felt more exhausting trying to stick to 20mph going along long sections of road.

I might be wrong, but I fear this new 20mph limit will cause more accidents as drivers, pedestrians and cyclists get used to it. It'll make some drivers more impatient and make more risks in a bid to get somewhere. It'll mean more cars on our roads as it'll take everyone longer to get somewhere.