Comments by "" (@redtela) on "Do 20mph Zones MAKE SENSE? Is there a Better Way? Wales u0026 Wirral." video.

  1. I'm a biker in North Wales, and the engine between my legs is 1600cc and 160bhp. I know a guy that "went out the way he wanted to go out" - they do exist. Re education, I'm medically trained (and will stop & help at an accident whenever I see them, even if I end up doing traffic management and not bandaging). I'm also going through RoSPA on the bike. I don't agree with the blanket 20mph, anecdotally, accidents generally don't happen in 30s in Wales. They happen mostly in NSL areas. The vast number of new 20 signs that have been vandalised... and every time I'm out (car or bike), I'm following the law even though I don't like it... and EVERY time at best, there's a queue of cars all tailgating each other. VERY often people will overtake, in excess of 40mph (where previously they would have sat at 30). The one example I can think of recently in a 30, was a biker who's steering locked up & threw the bike into a wall. He wasn't seriously injured, the bike was a little damaged. A few years ago, on a NSL dual carriageway, a biker departed his lanes, crossed the grass central reservation and hit the side of the oncoming traffic. It took about 30mins to figure out that the pillion on the bike had gone over the hedge and was laying in the farmers field. Things weren't pretty. Years ago, I used to help organise large rides (70+ bikes) around North Wales... we stopped doing that, mostly because people that didn't have the ability on the complicated Welsh roads were going too fast. Every ride we organised, someone stepped off the bike and went to hospital. Those oops moments, by and large, were in high speed areas, where people would do silly things like throwing a bike backwards through barbed wire fences. Rarely was another vehicle, or a pedestrian involved. Maybe a few sheep. I'm all for education. Lets start with the fact that before the 20mph limit change, the average speed in the 30 zones was actually 23mph. Early indications are that the 20 limit has reduced that to 22mph. ArriveAlive have announced they'll give speeding tickets at 10% + 4 (so, 26mph).
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