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Notice for intended prosecution for "speeding" at 29mph

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  • born_again
    born_again Posts: 20,491 Forumite
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    Norway have 30kph in residential area's. Which is 18 mph.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_limits_by_country
    Life in the slow lane

  • EVERY SINGLE legally enforceable UK speed limit is a multiple of 10mph, so an x5mph would be a real exception.

    if that bit of road doesn't need a 20, then 30 is within the council's power - but they've decided not to.

    But if they only enforce 5mph over, I guess 25 is the real speed limit. Not many countries with such a low-speed limit, I guess a lot depends on how built up the area is.
  • I guess 25 is the real speed limit.

    Your guess is wrong. Enforcement normally begins at 24mph (Limit+10%+2mph) but the limit is 20mph and there is nothing to prevent the police enforcing at 21mph. 

  • EVERY SINGLE legally enforceable UK speed limit is a multiple of 10mph, so an x5mph would be a real exception.

    if that bit of road doesn't need a 20, then 30 is within the council's power - but they've decided not to.

    But if they only enforce 5mph over, I guess 25 is the real speed limit. Not many countries with such a low-speed limit, I guess a lot depends on how built up the area is.
    PLENTY of continental European countries (and further afield) with substantial urban 30kph=18mph limits, going back more than 30 years.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_km/h_zone#Prevalence

  • EVERY SINGLE legally enforceable UK speed limit is a multiple of 10mph, so an x5mph would be a real exception.

    if that bit of road doesn't need a 20, then 30 is within the council's power - but they've decided not to.

    But if they only enforce 5mph over, I guess 25 is the real speed limit. Not many countries with such a low-speed limit, I guess a lot depends on how built up the area is.
    PLENTY of continental European countries (and further afield) with substantial urban 30kph=18mph limits, going back more than 30 years.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_km/h_zone#Prevalence

    Google AI - Munich, Germany has strict speed limit enforcement, with police regularly writing tickets for drivers who exceed the speed limit by even a few kilometers per hour. The federally mandated speed limit in Munich is 50 km/h (31 mph)

    This is what your wiki article says "In Munich 80% of the 2,300 kilometers of urban road network have a speed limit of 30 km/h or less, remaining roads are limited at 50 km/h."

    Around schools etc sounds perfectly fine, but 80% of a city sounds like overkill.


  • TripleH
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    I thought it was easy to identify being in Cymry by thy lyck yf vywyls.
    May you find your sister soon Helli.
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  • Since getting caught exceeding an ambiguous 30 mph limit (long country road with only grass verges on outskirts of Selby, a notorious camera van area), I started using the free mobile phone app “Waze” by Google.

    I don’t know how well the Waze people are doing with the massive changes in Wales, but they usually respond within a few days of reporting any speed limit errors or changes.

    The app displays the current speed limit and bleeps if you exceed it. It also speaks “entering average speed zone”, warns about speed cameras, broken down vehicles, etc. I didn’t mention it here, but users add temporary police symbols to warn other Wazers. There are thousands of other users around.

    Waze also integrates into car information screens via Apple Car Play, or the Android equivalent.
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