'20mph speed change has created more problems than it's solved'

Driving instructor Stuart Walker said that over the past week has has seen 'nothing but dangerous overtaking'. | ITV News Wales

"I've seen nothing but dangerous overtaking.

Mr Walker added: "Safety must come first and we must expect inconvenience for road safety, but if I was driving I'd be very concerned because it's just adding extra time onto deliveries and they might find that they have a bigger shortage of lorry drivers and delivery drivers in the future." However, data from sat nav systems showed that since the new limit came in to place, motorists travelled an average of nearly three miles an hour slower in towns and cities.Richard Owen, CEO of Agilysis said: "One interesting part of our analysis found that travel speeds on the road network before the change weren't actually as high as 30mph - quite often people were travelling at much lower speeds then that on different parts of the network, so although we've only seen a 2.

"Our experience from so many implementations across the UK tells us that 20mph limits work, and they work particularly well on the faster urban roads," he continued.

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