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Please say a prayer: 20mph in Wales

Lpgc said:
Never seen an Ebike with registration plates though and many seem to be capable of a going a lot quicker than 15.5mph.
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Agreed - they look the same and plod aren't going to be fussed as long as you don't stick out.
It's trivial for a fit person to pedal on the flat at 20, so a lot of people will be using electric to reach speed then letting pedal power take over as the motor cuts off.
Lpgc said:
I might be wrong but there seems to also be a 250watt motor legal limit for unregistered Ebikes
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Yep, 250w power limit - above that it's registration, helmet and insurance
Lpgc said:
yet anyone can buy a 1000watt one
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Anyone can buy a car too...
Lpgc said:
I wouldn't mind one, might get me back into riding bikes for fitness.. go on a bike ride using pedal power, get knacked or bored can just turn around and use electric power to get home lol, maybe switch to electric for going up hills until fitness improved
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Yeah - I didn't see the point when I was in my 20s. Now I'm old and unfit I'm liking the idea of something that'll let me keep up with the traffic flow and flatten out the hills.
 
Am I allowed to sign the petition? I certainly would if I could.
 
Nevillerover said:
Am I allowed to sign the petition? I certainly would if I could.
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No, as they'll try to spin it as % are external signatories. It's just under 421,000 now. Maggie poll tax unpopularity lol
 
Sunak vows to stop 20mph zones and review LTNs


Rishi Sunak says he wants to stop "hare-brained" road calming and safety schemes, including 20mph zones, to end what he says is a "war on motorists".


The prime minister said he wanted to ensure such measures would no longer be "forced" on drivers.
 
Nearly 452 thousand now
 
I read today that “most drivers are sticking to the new limit”. Of course they are, because the Cnut at the front of the queue is doing 20. Silly thing to say.
 
Elgraman said:
Fingers crossed, with the recent announcements, that a good chuck of this stupid 20mph joke gets revoked.
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Anyone done a costing on just how much the Welsh are costing everybody by having to have road signs duplicated and all that extra paint on the roads too ..I used to deliver round Wales and most times if you asked people directions they would stop speaking English and start in Welsh...bloody ignorant they want independence but still want English funding cos they haven't the resources to go it alone ...rant over I feel better lol
 
speedyg said:
I used to deliver round Wales and most times if you asked people directions they would stop speaking English and start in Welsh...bloody ignorant they want independence but still want English funding cos they haven't the resources to go it alone ..
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That'll probably depend on where in the country you are. Where I am hardly anyone (thankfully) speaks 'cymru', and all-round 'support' for independence (country wide) is low (again, thankfully).
And regarding your comment on still wanting English funding, when a devolved area (NHS, Roads etc) delivers the usual poor results, the fail safe is 'blame Westminster'. Kind of like a Wales specific default excuse akin to 'because of Covid', or 'because of the trouble in Ukraine', or 'because of Brexit' etc etc
 
Elgraman said:
:)
That'll probably depend on where in the country you are. Where I am hardly anyone (thankfully) speaks 'cymru', and all-round 'support' for independence (country wide) is low (again, thankfully).
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Mostly from Aberystwyth to holyhead and on to Chester....everywhere in between ..great history great scenery but too much paint ..slow with Araf etc
 
speedyg said:
Mostly from Aberystwyth to holyhead and on to Chester....everywhere in between ..great history great scenery but too much paint ..slow with Araf etc
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Yeah, worse luck they've got that English/'cymru' language split on literally every road sign/marking country-wide
 
speedyg said:
So every time it cost double
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And any Gov't info which comes through the letterbox got either an extra copy in 'cymru', or on the back of the letter with all the wording printed in 'cymru'

Regarding costing double...that must be Westminster's fault :scream:
 
Mark76e said:
My opinion? Like a lot of modern life, this is another thing designed to make this particular aspect of life (driving) so annoying, so frustrating and so inconvenient that you simply decide it's not worth the bother.
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100%
 
speedyg said:
So every time it cost double
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Mind you I don't think it will be long before up here in bradfordstan we will have duel signage too ..although they don't follow no rules or speed limits but they seems to get away with it in the golf gti and audi cars
 
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