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Presumably not the intent
Presumably not the intent behind your use in a heated moment though.
While I agree with the
While I agree with the sentiment, your slur of choice has its own biases.
It would be like being draped
It would be like being draped in a Tiffany lamp.Not quite the same, but I had
Not quite the same, but I had an infuriating near miss here recently: https://maps.app.goo.gl/RZaiowZMvJXPuJqR7. I was waiting at the red light shown. When the lights changed, I went straight across the junction. The oncoming driver started to turn across my path, before stopping and hooting at me as I passed. It wasn’t that close, but the horn irked me, so I regret to say I couldn’t resist turning round and following them to ask what the horn was for. The inexplicable response I got was that I had “driven into them”. The van driver behind them claimed to have seen it and said I was “in the wrong too”. I genuinely wish I’d had a camera just so I could work out what they were talking about. The only explanation I can think of is that I started pre-emptively steering to avoid a collision and they thought they would have had time to make the turn (they didn’t) if I hadn’t.
Maybe I’m being paranoid, but
Maybe I’m being paranoid, but your ellipsis makes me think you’ve put an intentional error in there somewhere (or, worse, I made an unintentional one!)
Also, I think the Government
Also, I think the Government are indeed affecting change. They (or their replacement) just need to start effecting it.
Paris Mayor trains sights on
Paris Mayor trains sights on SUVs: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67424678
On the whole you’re right –
On the whole you’re right – though the Ride Across Britain (supported LEJOG) dips into Wales on Day 3 and wends up the Wye valley – and a lovely route it is too.
WANTED: Tern Madpad. Don’t
WANTED: Tern Madpad. Don’t suppose anyone has an unwanted Tern Clubhouse Madpad do they (i.e. the combined seatpad and backrest which can be used in conjunction with the Clubhouse Mini enclosure to seat what Tern call a “big kid”)? Seems to be on back order everywhere without an estimated availability date.
Yeah, that’s why I’m confused
Yeah, that’s why I’m confused. The 20mph section of Western Ave is very short (circled below) and, because of the river, public parks etc in the area (and therefore lack of surrounding roads), it seems to me you’d have to take quite a long detour to avoid it. But I’m sure I’m guilty of just thinking of routes I take. Just because I don’t have the imagination to do it, doesn’t mean others aren’t!
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The problem is that 20mph limits on that particular road lead to more traffic on nearby residential roads including mine.If the dual carriageway is busy and you can only travel at 20mph on it why not switch to the residential roads which have the same limit.
In general I’m a supporter of the 20mph limits and my road has had one for quite a while.
The default limit switch appears to have had quite a few unintended consequences though.
I’m not denying your experience, but I’m a bit surprised to hear that. Can’t think of obvious sensible alternatives to Western Ave. But maybe satnavs do. Did you not get displaced traffic before when the limit was 30, but congestion meant nobody was even doing 20?
Rich is talking about the
Rich is talking about the same road I posted above. There is a University on that stretch, and it’s congested, but it isn’t an obvious candidate for 20mph IMO.
Absolutely – I suspect the 20
Absolutely – I suspect the 20 limit may be partly to improve flow.
There are definitely some
There are definitely some questionable examples. E.g. in my neck of the woods, this stretch of road recently dropped to 20mph. I don’t particularly mind, but it’s not residential, and until a couple of years ago the speed limit was 40 (then dropped to 30 when surrounding roads became subject to one of the pilot 20 zones), so I can see why some might think it’s unnecessarily low.
I think bikeman’s point is
I think bikeman’s point is that the excepted roads shown in the Swansea area are a very small proportion of the roads – so many others are 20mph. Unfortunately (but perhaps unsurprisingly) it seems the map is not complete – only some highways authorities have marked various categories of road.
However, I still don’t get the speedo obsession. Ok, there might be a small adjustment period as you acclimatise to what the reduced speed looks/feels/sounds like. But if you weren’t previously glued to your speedo to ensure you were doing 30, you won’t need to be glued to it now to do 20.
