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Wales lowers speed limit to 20 mph to cut car use and save lives
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this post was submitted on 06 Sep 2023
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Given the state of public transport in Wales and other rural areas (hello from Cornwall!), it seems the only benefit from the reduced speed limit will be making it safer to walk or cycle short distances. Speaking purely from my own personal experience, I'll feel much safer crossing the road to get to the village shop if cars are going 20mph rather than 30mph. That said, it'd help more if 30mph speed limits were actually enforced. Plenty of people bomb through my village at 40+mph, and seem no more likely to obey a 20mph speed limit than the existing 30mph speed limit.
This is another part of the problem. We've already got 20mph limits outside schools, and it's rare that people pay attention to them now. I really can't see the new limits being very effective at anything other than increasing road rage.