To ask if anyone actually sticks to 20mph speed limits?

Our police force put up posts every morning telling you where the mobile cameras will be. They’re also always in the same spot every time.

Really depends what county you’re in, I hands down can’t remember the last time I saw a mobile police van in or around my town. All our permanent ones have been switched off. Rarely even see police at all these days’ I remember it was common to see them walking in pairs on the street.

I do, but can’t set cruise control under 25mph, so it’s bloody annoying.

Also all the people talking about speed cameras and knowing where they are are missing the fact that there are often mobile police speed vans and random hand held speed checks set up so you don’t always know where you’ll be caught.

No, not SY.

They're actually quite good when it comes to things that actually matter.

No, too many mobile speed vans and cameras to be breaking the speed limit these days.

No. 34 years ive been driving and never had any convictions or points.
I dont stare at the speedo but find sticking below 20 or at 20 quite difficult because one tiny move on the accelerator or slope in the road and its easy to drift over the 20. I do live in a hilly area.

@Traceyatnumber32isaloudgobshite having to go under the speed limit because you’re not capable of sticking to a speed limit without staring at a speedometer is quite daft, have you only recently learned to drive?

Yes, pretty much (not going to claim perfection). I’m someone whose driving was significantly improved by a speed awareness course. Loving the speeding justification bingo on this thread, as if 30mph was a human right.

Probably not the only crime your local police force ignores. Especially if it is South Yorkshire police and women are being harmed.

I do but my car does not have a speed limiter for as low as 20 (for some stupid reason) which means I drive probably at around 18mph because im spending alot of my time looking at my speedometer instead of the road, which is dangerous in itself, so by driving a tad slower makes it less likely to drift over the 20 when looking at the road and not my speedometer. So i definitely piss the twats off!

I now know how to easily stick at 20 on my local frequently used roads as I can anticipate the undulation etc so braking, easing off the accelerator etc in the right spots but new to me 20mph limits I find a bit more challenging if im honest.

Sticking to 20 or below also saves fuel which at its current price can only be a good thing.

Maybe take it up with the local police force then 🙄

My journey used to take just under 30 minutes, it now takes about 50-55. I go through various 20 mph zones and have to avoid school streets and LTNs so it’s just a factor - the journey time has increased with each of them, the 20mph limit being the most recent. I stick to the limit as I’m a responsible driver but it’s still frustrating and is the final nail in the coffin for what was becoming an increasingly more challenging journey.

Hilarious

No, nobody around here bothers with them. Half our town is 20mph and it’s roundly ignored - even by the police most of the time 😂

Exactly the same in my area of Scotland where we've had blanket 20mph tor about 2 months now. There are no speed cameras anywhere

The streets round me are 20mph, narrow, cars parked on both sides. There’s always some idiot driving too fast for the conditions. There’s a bad blind corner most of us take slowly, the wilting bunches of flowers on a lamppost are there because someone didn’t.

No I don’t. Unless it’s around schools or I’m behind someone who’s sticking to the limits.

Im in Wales and the 20mph is shit.

My observation as a Welsh person is that everyone is still driving at 30 in the new 20mph limits (which replaced 30 in built up areas here). Apart from my mum, who has never knowingly broken a speed limit in her life (but who has been pulled over by the police for driving so slowly they thought she was drunk - she wasn't).

Edited to add: "Everyone" includes police cars and other emergency service vehicles, without blues and twos on, in my experience. Also buses.

Why are you doing 22 if the speed limit is 20 and you are so careful about sticking to it OP? That doesn’t make sense.

Yes some people speed and tailgate. It’s annoying. They are arseholes.

I do. If someone wants to overtake then they can crack on, I’m happy sticking to the speed limit.

No, but I'll make sure I don't go over 30.

On a road I know well that’s clear, and I know there are no cameras, honestly I don’t. Some of the speed limits around my area are ridiculous - 20 on a road with very few pedestrians, no houses right on the road etc. No need for 20.
I don’t tailgate those who are going the speed limit, however.

In parts of Bristol and Bath, where i drive regularly, it's an unachievable target. Most of the I'm crawling along at 5mph.

"There is evidence that not keeping up the traffic flow is more dangerous than speeding."

The traffic flow needs to adjust to the speed limit.