You’d struggle to find a more divisive political decision in Wales than the infamous 20mph speed limit change. It sparked outcry across the country, and now local authorities are looking at reassessing and bringing some roads back up to 30mph. Monmouth council have just announced they won’t be changing any back, with others planning to change plenty more.
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00:00Yeah, I think there's some roads which make sense. I think those which are perhaps linking
00:08to areas, industrial areas, roads which kind of run adjacent to some more residential areas
00:16but there's not direct sort of pedestrian access.
00:19I think if one's going to do it, they should all do it really, just to give some sort of
00:23uniformity throughout the country. But it's sort of astounding that they went ahead with
00:31this with what seemed like a very short period of not real consultation.
00:37No, 20 miles an hour is all right. Yeah, saves lives. No need to go any faster. Average speed
00:47made by all vehicles, say for instance, in London long before this, is 12.5 miles an hour.
00:55So, why do you need to go faster?
00:59I think they just need to pick their lane. They just need to work out saying that it needs to be all of one
01:03or all of the other. Where I live, I go from a 20 to a 30 to a 20 to a 30 in the space of half a mile.
01:08Just pick one or the other. I do agree 20 is safer in the right areas, but driving 100 yards 20
01:14and then 100 yards of 30, you just need to pick your lane because I think it's going to cause more problems.
01:18I think when it first came out, the map that they put on the website wasn't particularly clear
01:23because I think those which were still 30 just led to everybody creeping along and I think all those frustrations built up.
01:31And now they're reversing it. I mean, it kind of, I didn't like it personally as a motorist,
01:37but I think if you've done it, just stick with it, you know, seems weird.
01:42You're constantly looking at the signage as opposed to concentrating on the road and what's in front of you.
01:46You're worrying about what speed you're going. You actually want to just look at the road and see what's in front of you,
01:50especially run by schools. If someone's kid's going to nip out, you want to make sure, you know,
01:54I'm not staring at signs to make sure I'm going the right speed. So just pick the lane.