78 replies to this topic

[leroy26]

looks like rural limits are from 60 to 40, and urban areas from 30 to 20
bbc news

[myredmini]

Noticed a few new "20" signs locally

[Scorp]

its impossible to drive at 20mph

[Alex_B]

boooo, that sounds a bit pants!

[konyo]

For real? 20mph speed limits?! Ffs. I can push my car faster than that, saves on petrol pushing it lol!

[Alex_B]

Well that could be an issue with bicycles, on my BMX it tops out at 28 with the gearing i have and it gets up to speed pretty quick if im trying, and its not law to have a speedo.. yet

[Ryang556]

20...? 30 is barely moving as it is..

[jakejakejake1]

Why bother changing the limit, there are times when I feel happy to get past 20 mph during rush hour etc,
and the other half of the time the limit is 30, but that's probably not what i'll be doing anyway.

[mini93]

Around here they have already changed about 80-90% of the 60, national limit areas to 60. alot of the 50 zones are now 40.
The urban, 30 zones are being extended much further out of towns than they used to be also.

i often speed... but only as and when i feel is a bit more appropriot, ie wider, quieter main roads. exiting villages ill speed up early etc

[ruckus1969]

well thats about 99% of the roads up here in Scotland being 40 then. I won't even get out of 1st gear on my bike at that speed!!!!!

[Neildanks]

may as well remove the 5th gear of cars now save on manufacturing costs as at this rate 70's will come down to 60 as well

[Alex_B]

may as well remove the 5th gear of cars now save on manufacturing costs as at this rate 70's will come down to 60 as well

motorways meant to be going up to 80,

and 5th gear? nowadays most cars are made with 6 and the latest porsche 991 has 7 I believe and the Audi s8 has 8.

[mini-luke]

Our A4 is 7 speed, petrol too. Only really works with triptronic flappy paddle affairs as otherwise you'd end up in the wrong gear all the time.

[Alex_B]

I enjoy my 4 gears thats how its done!

[Ethel]

A reduction to 50mph would be considered for "lower quality A and B roads" with "a relatively high number" of bends or junctions and where mean speeds are already below 50mph.

lower quality , them's the bestest

The justification appears to be about half the fatalities happen in 60 zones - but what proportion of road usage is that?