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That one on Ty draw rd by the rec is a bugger, I know it’s 20, I drive on it every day. The other day there was no traffic, I must have drifted off and done 24….letter in the postQuote:
Originally Posted by life on mars
Pure money making scheme. I feel like the UK is such a restrictive place to live at the moment. Oh for a retirement abroad, we can only dream (I’m only 42 so a long way off yet), that reminds me, must check my lottery numbers.
Its Drakeford and Wales, the UK is 30 and 70, Wales is 20mph and 50mph, instead of tackling NHS waiting lists, ambulance delays and the welsh economy he would prefer to concentrate on adding more misery closing the main routes around the city centre and imposing stricter speed restrictions!Quote:
Originally Posted by UNDERHILL1927
its fairly unnatural to drive at under 20 when the road is clear ( apart from in a heavily built up residential estate, not sure on the location you mentioned, it might be on a rest estate ? ? )Quote:
Originally Posted by goats
The traditional type like in the picture are quite easy to stop, i've seen one parked in Allensbank road hidden behind parked cars near the shops with a submarine type periscope poking out of the top of the van, I thought I saw speed camera signs on it as I went past but maybe it was just an automatic number plate recognicion camera, has anyon else seen it?Quote:
Originally Posted by life on mars
Seaching for it I came across this https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...d-drivers.html
and this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvnKrBaxi8k
No it’s along Roath park, the rec bit. Posh houses so no doubt done by moaning locals. It is quite hard to remain at 20, now I have people right up my arse every day on it instead….:hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by blue matt
I saw a car with a periscope coming off it the other day, maybe the vans are too obvious and people see them and slow down?Quote:
Originally Posted by North Cardiff Blue
Also, saw footage of a women knocked flying outside those shops on allensbank rd, the guy who owns the shop had it on his cctv. The guy must have been doing 40/50, luckily she just avoided full impact as she dived to get out the way. That’s why that one was put by there anyway…..
It is only a money making scheme if people exceed the speed limit.Quote:
Originally Posted by UNDERHILL1927
Yup, you have a choice :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by Gofer Blue
And a great career for tools that want to feel important :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Gofer Blue
Interstingly, England regularly publish a whole host of NHS-related performance indicators, across a wide spectrum. Wales has joined Scotland in choosing not to do so. Even though England's are very poor, Wales's are even worse. But yes, we have the best speed limits in the UK, and probably the slowest trains.Quote:
Originally Posted by North Cardiff Blue
If you think 20 miles an hour is a realistic speed to drive then fair enough, I believe it’s ridiculous and it’s main aim is to make moneyQuote:
Originally Posted by Gofer Blue
in their defense though if you were sleeping its lucky they've caught you :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by goats
Im not convinced it is. The vast majority I drive through ive never seen a camera.Quote:
Originally Posted by UNDERHILL1927
It was so slow I just nodded off for a few seconds…..:hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by superfeathers
Electric Sccoters , Bikes , Disability Wheelchairs, Cyclists ,squirrels, all breaking Welsh speed limits , C'mon Drakeford sort it .
Why can't people drive within the speed limit? How many on here have had a speeding ticket? If you have received a speeding ticket can you tell me why you were driving above the speed limit.
Whether it is realistic or not matters not one iota. If that's the limit, then that's the limit. I don't know how long the stretch of road is that you are referring to, but let's say it's half a mile, then it will take you 1.5 minutes at 20mph or 1.0 minutes at 30mph - a saving of 30 seconds. I leave it to you to decide if that's worth risking a speeding fine for.Quote:
Originally Posted by UNDERHILL1927
One in the last 12 years….just drifted off as I can run faster than I had to drive….Quote:
Originally Posted by Alfresco
Im not arguing that and have never received a speeding ticket. I’m just not as black and white and servile as some in here. 20 mph is ridiculousQuote:
Originally Posted by Gofer Blue
I've had 1 in my 30+ years of driving for being 1km/h above the limit on a dual carriageway in France. I was slowing down at the time from 110 to 90 as the limit had changed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alfresco
When a limit changes from say 30mph to 20mph it does so at a single point on the road. Without countdown signs for every limit change on every road, how is it possible to suddenly drop your speed by 50% without braking sharply and potentially dangerously? Everyone has sped at somepoint.
Edit-I mean 33%🙄Quote:
Originally Posted by The Bloop
I bet you've gone over the speed limit, and probably broken covid rules, 5 miles etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alfresco
So do you consider observing speed limits is being servile?Quote:
Originally Posted by UNDERHILL1927
Like you I have never received a speeding ticket, probably because I stick to the speed limits. That is not to say I have never broken the speed limit of course. If I did it would have been unknowingly.
One of my favourite bugbears is where there are are no repeater speed limit signs. For example near where I live the speed limit gradually reduces from 60 to 40 to 30 just before a roundabout. The last leg into the town, which is the first exit off the roundabout, is a long, dead straight road with no houses or other buildings on either side. The temptation to put your foot down is very strong but I won't and you can bet your boots there will be someone tailgating me within seconds. This is because we are still within the 30 mph limit BUT there are no repeater 30mph circles on the lamp-posts as a reminder!
Yep I suppose it is, if only I could afford all the fines. That’d show them ! On reflection the servile point was a moot one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gofer Blue