Quote Originally Posted by Rjk View Post
everywhere else it has been introduced it has led to a reduction in road deaths, is there any sensible reason that Wales would be different?

I've always said we should wait until it has been in place a year and then evaluate the changes
I'm going to play devil's advocate here for a minute and ask a few questions about these statistics.

The stats show that there's been a 12% drop in serious injuries and deaths on roads of 20 and 30mph. It will be interesting to see the results after a year.

Was there a target for a reduction in these injuries/deaths in those speed limit areas? Are there targets for similar reductions in injuries and deaths in other speed limit areas?

Who decides what is an acceptable reduction? Surely, if the whole point of reducing speed limits is to dramatically reduce these injuries and deaths. 12% doesn't seem a big reduction, so what's next? Who decides that 128 deaths/injuries is not good but 112 is better? Will someone say 112 is too many and that needs reducing further? Is there an acceptable level of deaths/injuries? If there isn't we'll just keep finding more ways to make cars slow down or not be used at all to further reduce these levels. If there is, it then makes a mockery of the whole thing.

Surely those who can only keep advocating that it might save one life of someone you love will accept that reductions in deaths/serious injuries will only ever go so far.