First Minister Mark Drakeford says the move will cut the number of collisions and save lives
“It will help make our streets quieter, reducing noise pollution, and slower speeds will give more people the confidence to cycle and walk around their local areas and encourage children to play outdoors”, he said.and saves lives.” We take a look at when it comes into force, where it will apply and why it has been introduced.
GoSafe is responsible for fixed-speed cameras, red-light cameras, average-speed cameras, and mobile enforcement cameras.The 20mph limit will be for restricted roads in Wales – this generally means ones in residential and built-up areas. They often have streetlights on them, placed no more than 200 yards apart.
The Welsh Government has said not all roads with a current 30mph limit will be suitable to change to 20mph, and these roads will be known as exceptions. Local authorities will consider, with their communities, which roads should remain at 30mph with signage to ensure motorists are aware.The Spanish government introduced a speed limit of 30kmh on roads with a single lane in each direction in May 2021. Its directorate-general for traffic said lower speeds meant lives saved – for example, the risk of death in a road traffic collision was 80 percentage points lower if the speed of the impacting vehicle was 30kmh compared with 50kmh.
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