Senedd petition to scrap 20mph speed limit plan in Wales
There had been four near-misses recently because people were able to stop their cars within 12 metres rather than the 27 it would take at 30mph, she said.
"I hope the petitions committee will think about how two thirds of us are in support of this," she said. She said the 20mph speed limit gave parents with children aged nine or ten the confidence to give them the freedom to walk to school independently.But Calais Smith from Buckley, Flintshire, which has also been part of the 20mph trials, wants the speed limit to be raised back to 30mph on most roads."Outside schools it makes sense, but everywhere else it's ridiculous.""People overtake recklessly," she said."I think it's awful.
"I feel sorry for the older people trying to stick to it and people getting annoyed - it's like road rage." In Ceredigion, a consultation with the public in April on the proposed new speed limits found just over 70% of respondents were against the plans, the
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