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Am I the only idiot that sticks to the 20 MPH limit?

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QuiQuaiQuod · 27/07/2019 19:59

Get cars up my chuff revving, cars speeding past, yet theyre never caught. I go just 1 over and I'd prob get stopped!

But apparently the highway code ISN'T law so why do some people take notice of it and is that why most people do NOT?

and most areas where I live are 20 mph now- its ridiculus and prob causes more emissions!

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ItsWitchingTime · 27/07/2019 20:20

Yanbu

I detest drivers that ignore the limit. There has been 2 people knocked over and 5 car accidents, one involved a young lad on a bike and another the car was a complete write off. This is down a school road where families with young children live, pcsos have now started visiting during peak hours but the amount of pieple that completely ignore it and whinge is atrocious!

Don't even get me started on indicators and red lights.

MrsTerryPratchett · 27/07/2019 20:14

Speed limits under the engineering standards for the road can increase the amount of accidents. Drivers are mostly fairly good at knowing roughly what a 'safe' speed is for a road. So they will speed when a limit look stupid. And some will stick to it, which increases risk.

I prefer really well policed, signposted limits at certain times, like they do in North America. School kicking out time, 20 mph, big flashing sign. The rest of the time 30 mph. Much more sensible and likely to be respected.

Science and experts, rather than emotion and well-meaning amateurs, should dictate speed limits.

RandomMess · 27/07/2019 20:14

It's the limit in my city. What is frustrating when people stick to 20mph on their speedometer but in reality is more like 16mph - especially when its on the roads that could feasibly be 30mph ones.

orangeshoebox · 27/07/2019 20:10

yanbu
I'm the same and get a lot of aggression from other drivers (why?)

transformandriseup · 27/07/2019 20:10

If the limit is 20mph then I would. Our village is going from 30 to 20 later this year and MIL is a parish councillor so can’t get away from it.

Elphame · 27/07/2019 20:09

It's a statutory limit around me.

The local authority have now admitted that the number of deaths and injuries have actually increased since it was imposed.

Sleepyhead11 · 27/07/2019 20:09

Also lost friend in a RTA in 2012, so do feel quite strongly about this

Igotthemheavyboobs · 27/07/2019 20:09

I always stick to it too. Like you, I bet I would be caught if not.

Sleepyhead11 · 27/07/2019 20:07

As someone with elderly pils, I am really happy to have a twenty mile limit where we live, and really respect drivers for sticking to it.