Speed limit change in our town and streets to 20 MPH
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- čas přidán 3. 04. 2024
- I guess this is also happening in your towns and villages. So what do you think. Is it too slow or is the right thing to do for more road safety, or is it just big brother stepping on the motorist again. Shall we go back to the man walking in front of your car with a red flag.
20mph is out a long time in Scotland. The worst thing about it, is with my works van and the two cars i have used since it started is the gears. In a time we are being told to burn less fuel in our cars you are stuck in 3rd gear right in-between the engine wanting to be changed up or down. Burning twice as much fuel.
Yes another off shoot of driving too slow.
Exactly! Engines are designed to be more efficient in higher gears. Sorry to hear of your draconian thought crime laws that'd been enacted recently too.
“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face-for ever.”
These political parties need to be replaced by sensible residents. Go for it.
H ha yes.
I'm a huge petrol head, I enjoy spirited driving, yes I also speed on national speed limit (in mexico), but also as someone who grew up in a small old village I'm not anti the change to 20 in these areas, this is a quaint little village where walkers and children, dogs etc frequently are found using the road to ..well.. walk. There is no room for pavements and over the past 10 years I've noticed cars speeding more and more through this village often 45 plus especially during school pick up times or rush hour.
Its REALLY dangerous as there is no space to jump out the way and people need to just slow the hell down, its peoples lives for goodness sake.
However, leave national speed limits (60mph +) alone!!
all the councils claim to care about the enviroment, but slowing traffic down will cause congestion and bad air. our country is run by absolute morons....
We vote them in.
Sore subject here. All roads in Wales are 20mph unless otherwise stated. In certain areas it's welcome but as a blanket across the country its ludicrous. It's an attack on the motorist and believe me Wales will lose out as no one will want to come. The Welsh Government will be the finish of us.
It is just too much in my opinion.
Be thankful you aren't living in Scotland 😂
You are wrong, the new 20mph law ONLY applies to restricted roads, that is less than 15% of all roads in Wales, the majority of roads in Wales are national speed limit.
I'd be quite happy to see it living as I do in a built up area on a long straight 30mph limit road where almost no one does 30. Lots of workers and schoolkids on pushbikes and only a matter of time before something tragic happens.
I'm from Wales, not all roads are 20mph but believe me people aren't happy. You don't see many doing 20 tho and the only time I do is if the person in front is.
Crazy.
The vast majority of roads in Wales are nation speed limit, only 15% are restricted roads and that is the only road type that this new law applies to.
They can put the limits down to 5mph, but the idiots will still be doing 70 through villages, like mine..no policing anymore.. no one cares..
Too many cameras about these days.
Good evening Al, it's been a while since I caught one of your videos, hope you are well. We got the 20mph limits a good few years ago, I actually thought they were done nationally back then but it seems not. It seems a bit of a folly to me really. Most of the roads, the quiet residential ones, you'd be lucky to get to 20mph on those. Majority of the main roads they have remained at 30mph. This leaves some odd ones in between, whereby 20mph seems too slow but the road is not quite a major road, so you're stuck with the limit. Most people don't adhere to them anyhow and just do what they have always done.
Thanks Bradbury nice to hear from you again.
Here in North Surrey they are dropping lots of the national speed limit 60 mph single carridgeway roads down to 40mph they did all the duel 70mph ones years back. You can't get your toe down anywhere now.
I understand around schools and at school time but a bit much in certain areas. I drive a coach in london and while doing 20mph, im constantly being overtaken, mostly by uber drivers and those pesky just eat/deliveroo suicide mopeds. Hope your well Al and jan.
I recently watched a video of how the new sea wall has turned green. I expect your next video will be you and jan scrubbing it clean😂😂. Take care.
Ha ha I need a job.
England has been putting in 20mph limits in built up areas for over 30 years, all Wales did was harmonize it, there is no need to be going fasted than 20mph where out children play, the science supports that it is safer, that is why it's happening here and all over Europe.
Roads can never be safe as long as there's cars on them.Common sense is required 20 mph.To get one place to another, it will take too long 30.There's nothing wrong with it .Cars now days are designed to take pedestrian impact. they are not like the cars 20 years ago These councillors need to be voted out hey will not listen regardless.If ninety percent of the town votes No to this 20mph they will still bring it in anyway vote these 💩 👜 out.
Thanks for your comments.
To go 10 miles at 30 mph take 20 minutes, at 20mph takes 30 minutes. Not really too long given the average speed will be lower than 30 anyway becuase of all the traffic.
Hi I love your little rants but could you advise me of the best affordable radiators to replace my old ones, thanks Stuart
The best affordable ones are Stelrads and Barlows.
It's not about pedestrian safety or emissions, it's about control and laying the framework for 15 minute cities.
They may as well pedestrianize the whole city. Shops would get no customers and no tax for the council car parks
Your right Al i used to have a motorbike and could open it up going to work, those days are gone. Now it is 20 then 30. Mind you the pot holes are everywhere too.
They sure slow you down no need for speed signs, ha ha.
Getting us all ready for having no cars and living in fifteen minute cities.
Push bikes will now be able to 30 mph while we are stuck at 20.
@@dereton33👍🤣 and they will avoid the congestion by using the pavement.
@@dereton33If they were sensible about the electric bikes and let us ride more powerful ones then a lot of car journeys could be eliminated. But they limit them at 250watt and 15mph.
What is so wrong about having everything you need within 15 minutes? More like the good old days
@@teamofsteve Nothing is wrong with that if it is that way organically. FORCING or coercing people to use whatever is within 15 minutes, regardless of whether or not it's inferior, is a totalitarian con-trick straight out of the pages of George Orwell.
I think 20mph is ok in Dawlish along the shops and by the brook as there are people everywhere crossing the roads. Here in Torquay there are so many pot holes that you have to drive at 20mph anyway. The council has apparently been given extra funding for road repairs. Also several new speed cameras have been installed at Torquay seafront. Maybe they will make that a 20mph zone. 🤔
They will certainly make more money with those cameras.
When i was in Guernsey they had 25MPH and that seemed to work.
Thanks.
The street near us has a school and parents wanted the 20mph zone, when I drive down the road guess who is riding my bumper, yes you guessed it the kids parents as they are always on the last minute, crazy mad times we live in eh.
Sure is Ian.
I can ride a galloping horse faster than that. I am a follower in Nashville, Tennessee.
Ha ha.
How will they enforce it?
Just watch the cameras as they spout up everywhere.
The problem is, the slower you go, the more emissions come through my front window. On the flipside, 30mph on my cars parked either side road, is a danger for someone (trying to cross) hidden by parked cars either side. Mine is a side road, but people use it to dodge the traffic lights and a roundabout. What to do is still being debated by the Council since 2016, yes, 2016 !! 😂.
In Wales it doesnt effect that many roads as some people make out. It is more just when passing through a city, town or village where could be pedestrians. I think its safer and quieter which is good. I do believe though the powers that be are trying to take peoples car and home ownership away. There is something bad going on with all this control.
Yeah, certain politicians have made 100% incorrect statements, the new 20mph law only applies to restricted roads, I.E built up areas, the vast majority of Welsh roads are still national speed limits.
As you say worked for the last 80 years…..meanwhile suspect the average car stops in one fifth the distance! Not to worried in school times but late at night with no one in sight is always very frustrating especially when the cruise control does not even work below 30…no chance of maintaining late at night with no sole around
Thanks Stephen.
We have a 20 mph in our village and most people seem to stick to it. I would say it is justified in our case as it is a narrow main route with no paths, houses with walls on the road edge. I see we have 30 mph limits on roads near us with wide paths each side and fields on all sides for miles reduced to 20mph in the last week. Few people stick to this as it is madness. There has to be logic to these limits If you want the public on side. BTW got passed by a bike in my high street the other day because cars have to stick to the limit and bike riders are a law unto themselves.
Yeah, same with me in a small village, its purely context based, some places with wide roads but built up, also wide and frequent pavements, crossing places like zebra crossings, traffic lights a 40mph can make sense. However historic villages where there simply is no room for expanding and many pedestrians and children using these very roads a 20mph is not a bad idea, the amount of mums that ironically speed through the village over 40mph do drop their kid off at school is boggling as they ignore the lives of other children.
@@bunkaaa8726 Yes I agree about some of the mums speeding. in our road when they leave their house it sounds like they floor the throttle as they race up the road. in a car that has a new ding it it almost every week. Why do they live their lives like that, it cannot be nice always going at break neck speeds. I plan my day and seldom have to drive to the clock. what a stressful life they must lead.
Thanks for your comments.
Speed humps don’t really work on my large estate 20mph signs won’t even be seen, speed cameras is the only thing, even though I don’t like them, boy racers are ruining it for others nowadays, or they are not educated on speed👍🏻😊
An ongoing problem Stuart.
What's next 10mph.....🙄
We shouldn't be allowed out on our own 😮👍🇮🇪
Dont worry nanny has your back ha ha.
20mph is fine in congested areas near to schools etc but I usually find myself doing 10 to 15mph in those areas anyway. The trouble is that the barmy busybodies won't use any common sense and will start lowering the limit on roads that could safely stay at 30mph. We all know of wide open roads in our local area that could really go up from 30 to 40mph don't we but that will never happen of course.
Never.
I fully support the change to 20mph speed limits. Let's just all drive slower and chillax a bit.
The next change will be to 15mph. In fact, there are many who say that cars are completely unnecessary. They are already planning for a car less future.
@@711honved I do think that in the big cities/suburbs, there are too many cars (that are also getting bigger and heavier all of the time) so I'd like to see a decimation of car use levels in those areas. Don't care too much what happens in the semi-rural/country areas as thankfully I don't live there, but the narrow 40mph footpaths you find in those areas are ridiculous.
@@boxthorncutter2804 ironically the biggest & heaviest being EV's, the saviours of the planet.
@@711honved I hate EVs more than I hate ICE cars. #FewerCarsNotNewerCars
👍 The English Constitution is The Solution. #EnglishIndependence
Too slow, a right pain and totally unnecessary. Nanny state.
Stop the ride I wanna get off ha ha.
And let the conspiracy theorists run rife... sigh...
This is being gradually implemented all over the UK, following on from ULEZ and LTN's, your councils must by law carry out an impact assessment and secure the views of the local tax payers through a public consultation, it is your chance to say NO!
If you think this doesn't apply to you it does, These 20 mph zones are the thin end of the wedge of ever increasing restrictions on how you travel. Another idea which councils are attempting to implement in increasing numbers are parking permits.
I would recommend watching this video of how an ordinary member of the public got involved to help defeat her councils plans for net zero:- czcams.com/video/UPg0MPy52LY/video.html Rachel from Colchester Council Watch.
Thanks Vosper.
You are very welcome, I hope it helps to get a group together in your area to scrutinise the plans your council have for you.
It turns people into zombies whether driving or pedestrian , with no skill needed to drive anymore the roads will become more dangerous.
People will start watching videos on there phones etc.
True and the in car entertainment systems @@dereton33
The motorist is most certainly under attack it appears. Fuel prices, VED tax increases, insurance premiums through the roof, repairs very expensive resulting in lots of cars being written off, plus 20mph limits (so you could get fined on a bicycle if caught !!). With public transport as bad as it is, where does this leave us all !.. Seems the lunatics have taken over the asylum !
Fuel tax has been frozen since 2011 costing the UK taxpayer billions in lost revenue.
Car tax has not though.
@@dereton33 And fuel tax is made of fuel duty & and VAT, which equates to approximately 50% of the cost of a litre of fuel I believe. How much more does the Gov want from us !
You think you got it bad try living in Scotland my street has been 20mph for years think the dictatorship ship here in Scotland will do away with cars ASAP.....
I think its fine around residential areas. No need to drive faster than 20 in areas with parking and kids playing.
Cheers mate.
The children should be kept off the roads. Irresponsible parenting.
@@Land-of-reason And people shouldnt drive over the speed limited but here we are...
25 miles would be better.
Drivers have been made too safe with their seatbelts and airbags and all the rest. They are detached from the consequences of their actions. They can crash into a wall at 30+ and walk away unscathed. Someone in this comment section saying their car can withstand pedestrian impact!
The problem is there's no education for kids. When did you last see a green cross code advert? There's even more distractions now than ever for pedestrians, in the ear headphones, mobile phones.
@@6581punk that isn't the problem, that's just victim blaming. What impact does the green cross code have when an overpowered car climbs onto the pavement and mows people down? Or bursts through the wall of their school? How does it help when someone is weaving about speeding on a motorway filming themselves on their phone and crashes into a vehicle stopped on the hard shoulder? The problem is drivers, cars, drink drivers, drug drivers, phone drivers, etc.
the problem is not the speed limits, the problem is the people that think they are targets. change as many roads to 20 as they want, 20 may still be too fast for certain roads. there is too much obsession with speed limits and fining people who break them and not fining the problem people who drive too fast for a road or conditions regardless of the speed limit. ( you made me have a bit of a rant there! )
O dear sorry Shadow. Have a cuppa.
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