Isn’t the whole point that it’s easier to brake and avoid a collision altogether at 20mph?
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Isn’t the whole point that it’s easier to brake and avoid a collision altogether at 20mph?
I've heard a lot of people saying that they've found a lot more congestion and traffic today and yesterday.
I don't understand why that would be down to people doing 20 rather than 30, but no doubt I'm missing something really obvious?
I haven't noticed it being any different, but if I had, I'd have put it down to the fact that it's pissing down
The logic is the same he's slowing the country's economy down, because if people are hit by moving vehicles at 20mph they are less likely to die, so he could do the same with trains, as I said if you don't step onto the road you won't get hit.
Of course, there will still be the odd drink/drug driver, speed limits won't apply to lawbreakers, but they will still plow off the road and into people and kill them.
It suits the argument to blame congestion this week on the new limits, at the same time conveniently ignoring bad weather, and people returning to school and work after the holidays. Poor little Chardonnay can't possibly walk to school in the rain either, so they rather sit in the Caerphilly Rd car park instead aswell.
No the whole point is control and gimmicks, that's the excuse, otherwise why not 5mph, there would be less deaths again and it's far safer, or why not make cars illegal, no deaths?
It's nonsense, you know it, if Boris had suggested it you'd have had a heart attack, as it's drippy you're trying to make reasons to defend it.
I think give it a month and people will be fine with it, it's barely making any difference to 99% of journeys and it will save lives.
it also has some ancillary benefits, it does mean lower pollution, despite what some people have written on here and it also studies have shown it encourages more interactions across roads I e. people in trial areas more often interacted with people and shops across roads in 20mph areas than they did when it was 30mph, where interactions are far more concentrated on immediate neighbours on the same side.
I did observe yesterday going at 20mph along quite a main road that cars wanting to come out of side roads were finding it more difficult , especially those wanting to cross the traffic, as there were fewer “gaps” with everyone crawling at exactly the same speed, nobody going faster or slower than 20mph . May have been just a coincidence though
I don't know what being left or right has to do with it, you literally just told me that I shouldn't cross the road if I don't want to get knocked down.
Coming from someone who blames lockdown at every turn, yet I can't go out without you running me over
And now it turns out I've got to look out for the bloody trains too!!
Do you think it's possible there were just more cars than there's been recently due to pissing down rain and schools returning?
Just to test this, if I had to turn onto a road that was going at 60mph, I reckon that would be a lot harder than one at 30. So surely it stands to reason that 20 would be easier than 30, but this would be on the presumption that the number of cars was the same.
Six months time in Cardiff, half the population!
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I did laugh on the weekend when my takeaway delivery (from half a mile away) was two hours late and the driver unironically blamed it on the new speed limits.