Is this the sign of things to come?

[Polarbear]

In Wales they have spent 7 years improving a so called black spot with a dual carriageway and have announced that for safety and environmental reasons the speed limit on it will be 50mph, the same speed limit that was on the road before they spent £336 million and seven years working on it.

Is this just Wales being Wales or do you reckon we are going to see 50mph limits brought in more and more on any roads other than motorways in the name of greenness and the nice little side effect of increased fines from strategically place 'safety' cameras.

The A421 near me which is a popular biker road has certainly gained a few stretches of 50mph to the west of Milton Keynes where it is single carriageway even though it is a wide fast road.

Well they are going to need to get revenue from somewhere when the petrol and Diesel cash cow dries up!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-57615167
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[xX-Alex-Xx]

They're putting a 50mph limit on the A4032 as well going into Cardiff (will be average speed cameras going in too).

They've already put in 50mph around Newport on the M4 "because pollution" ... NOTHING to do with the fact that when they put up speed cameras in that area they started raking it in so decided the whole stretch could do with average speed cameras.
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[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

honestly feel like this has been underway for several decades
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[The Shaggy D.A.]

It's happening more and more in Northamptonshire. From what I understand though roads that are 60mph have to be maintained to a higher standard than those at 50mph, so rather than maintain the roads they dropped the limit. Could be bollox, but makes sense with the shite council and the fact they've turned off the speed cameras.
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[wr6133]

[Nobby the Bastard]

A band new purposely built dual carriage way was built on the outskirts of Bath about 20 years ago to replace a single lane NSL road and the speed limit promptly dropped to 50 and cameras were put on it.
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[Pjay]

If it's just the speed limit, then it's done for safety reasons. If they put up speed cameras, it's done for income.
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[Keithy]

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

[Feasty]

They've had the M1 past Meadowhall (Sheffield) at a 60mph limit for quite a while now due to 'reducing pollution', though I suspect all the traffic slowing down for the 3 sets of cameras then speeding up again immediately afterwards is going to increase pollution than if they were left to continue on their way at normal motorway speeds.

I think the pollution excuse is bollocks anyway, the less time you spend in the 'zone' and on the road, the less pollution you are creating... obvs!
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[stinkwheel]

You have clearly never visited the county of Derbyshire at any point in the last 20 years?

I'm increasingly seeing random 50 or even 40 limits on minor rural roads which seem to be entirely to deal with crap drivers who are incapable of deciding what speed is appropriate on an unrestricted highway. A task that was formerly left up to the driver themself. Even the dumbest ones usually realise that by the second or third time they find their car upside down in a ditch, they are probably doing something wrong. If they don't, the insurance premiums stop them driving altogether.
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[Arfa__]

If you think blanket 50 mph limits everywhere are bad, come to London where almost everywhere has moved to blanket 20 mph zones! It's seriously depressing.

So, in fact don't come to London, it's shit.
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[Polarbear]

[wr6133]

[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[xX-Alex-Xx]

Exactly. DPFs are just problems waiting to happen unless you're doing motorways almost all the time. Funny thing is my car won't do a DPF regen unless it's over 2000rpm, and in 6th gear that puts me past 80mph. Of course there's no way of telling if a regen is needed or when one is happening so you can kick it down to 5th. Even using OBD tools doesn't show because it's not presented via the interface.
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[struan80]

The Internal combustion is on its way out unfortunately. Sad to see and sorry to see the choice whether to enjoy a bit of fun on the road is taken away from you. You could argue that you could 'take it to the track'

[chickenstrip]

We live in a democracy so I presume that ever lower speed limits and various other traffic control and enforcement methods are what the majority want, and if not, I presume there is a mechanism in place by which they can be challenged and halted or reversed.
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[Johnnythefox]

I have to do a Speed Awareness Course because I was caught speeding on my Harley Davidson*












*I was clocked doing 36mph in a 30.

[chickenstrip]

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[Nobby the Bastard]

[chickenstrip]

It would be interesting to know what councils are introducing the most stringent measures, and also spending the most of tax payer's money on all these speed control schemes. Is it across the board, no matter who your council is?
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