Brexit and the waning days of the United Kingdom

[Tamas]

I am sure its beneficial because the slower you go the sooner you can stop, but gawd it's annoying to keep the car under 20mph.

[Grey Fox]

My town lowered almost every street (over 90% of them) by 10kmh. 50 streets became 40, 40 became 30, etc.

The 50 to 40 is the most annoying one. Going 40 on long straight wide streets is excruatingly slow.

[Tamas]

My town lowered almost every street (over 90% of them) by 10kmh. 50 streets became 40, 40 became 30, etc.

The 50 to 40 is the most annoying one. Going 40 on long straight wide streets is excruatingly slow.

In Slough there is a long, straight 2x2 lanes (with directions separated by barriers) main road coming right off the motorway with the occasional traffic lights. It has a 30mph limit. In light/medium traffic you have to break it and go closer to 40 to avoid danger to yourself and others as nobody bothers with the limit.

[Valmy]

Maybe Welsh roads are just really bad?

[Josquius]

In Lausanne they've done something weird where roads have a standard 50kph speed limit during regular hours but then in the wee hours of the night between 22 and 6 this drops to 30.
I'm not sure what I think about this.

We've a section of road near here outside a large school. It used to have one of those 20 when the lights flash systems but now is a flat 20.
People tend not to obey it.
I recall one awesome occasion where I followed the speed limit and some idiot came up right behind me his engine roaring to try and get me to speed up.

Overall I get how it is annoying to suddenly be going slower than normal... but if it was normal I expect people would get used to this slower speed. And the data speaks for itself on the benefits that may not be immediately tangible.

[Sheilbh]

RIP John Prescott

Really enjoyed the clip of him on Top Gear that's gone viral today.

Also just a great example of what people mean when they talk about "authenticity" being something they like in a politician. You were never in any doubt who he was or what his views were.

My town lowered almost every street (over 90% of them) by 10kmh. 50 streets became 40, 40 became 30, etc.

The 50 to 40 is the most annoying one. Going 40 on long straight wide streets is excruatingly slow.

I think London's 20mph.

And John Prescott would be loving this chat

[Barrister]

My town lowered almost every street (over 90% of them) by 10kmh. 50 streets became 40, 40 became 30, etc.

The 50 to 40 is the most annoying one. Going 40 on long straight wide streets is excruatingly slow.

In Slough there is a long, straight 2x2 lanes (with directions separated by barriers) main road coming right off the motorway with the occasional traffic lights. It has a 30mph limit. In light/medium traffic you have to break it and go closer to 40 to avoid danger to yourself and others as nobody bothers with the limit.

30 mph?

I drive 2 of my kids, plus 2 other kids, to school every morning.  They attend a hockey school so frequently they have to take their hockey gear, which makes them taking the bus impractical.

Anyways... the route to their school passes by two lengthy playground zones.  Despite it being winter, and 7:30 am, and dark, because it's next to a playground zone that means extended periods of 30 kph speed limits (18 mph).  And it's monitored by photo radar.