“Absolute MADNESS!” | Ian Collins Fumes At Blanket 20mph Speed Limit In Wales

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9 ай бұрын

The controversial new 20mph speed limit in Wales will save lives and money, the First Minister has insisted, as he rejected calls to pause the rollout for residential roads.
Mark Drakeford said cutting speed from 30mph to 20mph would protect lives and claimed it would save the NHS in Wales £92 million a year.
TalkTV’s Ian Collins discusses Welsh Labour’s plans with Welsh political commentator and statistician Jamie Jenkins.
Ian: “This is Labour’s war on the motorist… We are arriving in a place of insanity!”
Jamie: “Absolute madness.”
Speaking at a Welsh Government press conference, the First Minister defended the £32 million cost and said it would save the NHS three times as much a year.
“This is a manifesto commitment of the Labour Party, and it was in our election manifesto,” Mr Drakeford said.
“Politicians are very often criticised for not keeping their promises and this is a promise that we will be keeping here in Wales.
“We will invest around £32 million in one-off expenditure and that one-off money will save £92 million every single year in the NHS.
“We will be paid back many, many times over for the investment that we are making.
“I’m reinforced in my belief that it is the right thing to do from the experience we see elsewhere in the world.
“Spain, which has had this policy in place over recent years, have seen a 20% reduction in urban deaths on the roads.”
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@andrewallen9993 9 ай бұрын

Strange how they have enough staff and labour to install 20mph limits but not enough to repair potholes????

@richardjones3112 9 ай бұрын

Exactly.

@georgemorrison9280 9 ай бұрын

Why 20mph when 10pm would be much more effective ….or indeed 0mph ?

@mathewnicholls5881 9 ай бұрын

Good point

@georgemorrison9280 9 ай бұрын

….it’s because potholes don’t produce income.

@JustMeZero988 9 ай бұрын

Even stranger how they have enough asphalt to make speed bumps, but not enough to fill in the pot holes. I always say that we used to drive on the left of the road, now we just drive on what's left of the road.

@longyx321 9 ай бұрын

Most of us in Wales are against this madness. Ok around schools but blanket 20 is ridiculous. Maybe Wales will wake up and get rid of Welsh Labour and their partners Plaid Cymru.

@MDM1992 9 ай бұрын

Have you seen our alternative options? We're fucked either way 🫤

@mell3109 9 ай бұрын

Simple. Do something about it. They work for us, voted in by us. If they are not doing our bidding, get them replaced. Ignore the current idiots, if you want it done do it yourself, write down what you would like and how you would do it and get other to back you. Then run it yourself. This is what we need to do. Labour and the Conservatives have now become irrelevant.

@paulsawtell3991 9 ай бұрын

No chance of that with the silly devils who always vote Labour because "grand-dad did". And now children have the vote so that's the end. It really is.

@vincentl.9469 9 ай бұрын

@@mell3109 someone was saying how she sometimes gets overtaken by cyclists !! This is the down side to devolution. The population of Wales is under 3.5 million. Not many cars either. This is ideology. Mark Drakeford and the clowns that say ' Twenty is plenty' are trying to make driving such a miserable experience people decide to walk 5 miles or cycle 20 and maybe sell the car. They need certifying -all of them. these are people with power taking the piss...

@brianlopez8855 9 ай бұрын

They will drive away the car drivers, the tourists and their money. Well done Drakeford

@Jimmyredcab 9 ай бұрын

The most stupid thing is that 20 MPH limits apply 24/7, how many kids are going to run out in the road at 3am. ????

@tombartram7384 9 ай бұрын

Even at home time you won't see a unsupervised kid trying to cross. Escorted everywhere. Drakeford thinks it's still 1973 and kids make dens etc.

@JustDaniel6764 9 ай бұрын

@@tombartram7384where do you live, all northern kids paly out and make dens and such

@vroom6591 9 ай бұрын

And maybe a good idea to teach not only kids but some adults the green cross code and put responsibility on themselves instead of putting it on road users all the time !

@johnhaytack8590 9 ай бұрын

people loitering with intent will not stand out to police as it will br the norm,

@howhistory5877 9 ай бұрын

@@tombartram7384 At least then - There was non of this woke bull or gay pride, gender crap. Perhaps if kids got off there phones and made dens they might actually learn something of value instead of relying on 'tech'

@robinburn4974 9 ай бұрын

And to think Labour will most likely be the next government, I genuinely fear for the future of this country

@Tas17.4 9 ай бұрын

What did your last vote do 😂😂😂😂

@myrapaisley1970 9 ай бұрын

Vote an independent to keep both big party's out.

@francescostello1377 9 ай бұрын

Both parties are two cheeks of the same backside, both Neo Liberal WEF Globalists, owned lock stock and barrel, wouldn't matter who was in power.

@IntoMotivate 9 ай бұрын

Vote for anyone BUT labour who would destroy your freedoms in their virtue signalling nonsense

@rollyunicorn 9 ай бұрын

No point in worrying about it. This Country doesn't have a future, so you may as well get used to it. Just one thing though, when your Grandchildren ask you in the future why it is they don't have a future remember to tell them that the reason for that is that you kept voting for the same old corrupt political parties because you were too thick to employ any serious critical thinking.

@davehallett810 9 ай бұрын

It's disgusting it's obviously a war on the ordinary working man and his car 😒

@francescostello1377 9 ай бұрын

It's called the WEF globalist great reset agenda 21-30, you will own nothing and be happy. All information on alternative media, with real independent journalism.

@ne-ht4zx 9 ай бұрын

Our entire society is built around cars. The cost is massive. I'm not sure why crybabies are having a meltdown over a speed limit?

@StudentDad-mc3pu 9 ай бұрын

Why - it's going to add, what, 20 seconds to your journey?

@covertcounsellor6797 9 ай бұрын

@@StudentDad-mc3puClearly you are not studying Mathematics.

@StudentDad-mc3pu 9 ай бұрын

@@covertcounsellor6797 My maths is good. This change only affects what were 30 mph zones where the AVERAGE speed is less than 30. For a journey of 2 miles in a 20 zone it will add between 10 and 15 seconds.

@tonylelli3057 9 ай бұрын

It’s simple people! We have the power to stop this madness. Every motorist should stand up and rebel.

@scottdowning1045 9 ай бұрын

Sadly people just comply, look at COVID. Neighbours grassing in each other over masks etc. People will do nothing.

@georgechirita1755 9 ай бұрын

Nobody will , people are getting weak

@BryanPardoe 9 ай бұрын

We couldnt stop a bus at a bus stop as the spine of this country has melted.

@k1ortia 9 ай бұрын

We have the power to stop everything, but due to the spineless public, it aint ever going to happen!

@Philzoid 9 ай бұрын

Most people don't care, including myself. It's barely going to make any difference because people don't travel for long distances in 30mph zones. We use dual carriageways, motorways and other roads with speed limits greater than 30mph.

@clivemarriott7749 9 ай бұрын

They act like spiteful children playing at government. Devolution was a mistake.

@pauldurkee4764 9 ай бұрын

A mistake, that's putting it mildly, it has been a complete disaster.

@Philzoid 9 ай бұрын

You would prefer to be licking the Tory boot clean would you?

@phillipwilliams4674 9 ай бұрын

I live in Wales. I don't know anyone who is in favour of this blanket speed limit. Virtue signalling by the Senedd. Political change is needed in Wales.

@Philzoid 9 ай бұрын

How is it virtue signalling? lol I also live in Wales and making 30mph roads 20mph roads makes zero difference to me.

@ezioauditore3128 9 ай бұрын

@@Philzoid So that's alright then. 🙄

@firstlast5350 9 ай бұрын

What has happened in Wales is truly disgraceful. It's unforgivable.

@nickhickson8738 9 ай бұрын

Hmmmm, Wales and Scotland are appallingly run and have poor NHS, drug problems etc and what do they have in common? Yes, of course their own semi independence and therefore serves them right.

@firstlast5350 9 ай бұрын

@@nickhickson8738 To be fair Welsh Labour voters thought they were voting for party that would look after the working class not one which would ride rough shod over them imposing their crazy schemes.

@ohnoitisnt 9 ай бұрын

Imagine thinking voting for governments is going to help your quality of life hahahah

@vincentl.9469 9 ай бұрын

this cynical policy needs to be stopped. I've just learnt the fire brigade are involved too. They can stop someone and 'educate' them if they are doing 24 mph !

@MrMesospheric 9 ай бұрын

Nope. As is always the case, most Welsh people are perfectly content, whereas angry English people like to tell us 'how it is'. If it's not migrants, it's 20mph limits. If it's not that, then it will be the price of milk. Or whether you should mow the grass on Sunday.

@aFLYER1980 9 ай бұрын

20mph = cars on roads longer = more pollution

@michaelbailey8729 9 ай бұрын

They are too thick to see that.

@ne-ht4zx 9 ай бұрын

That's not how it works. Just google it 😂

@liamlyon1808 9 ай бұрын

Plus you’ll be in a higher gear so higher revs = higher pollution.

@McT740052 9 ай бұрын

@@liamlyon1808**lower

@liamlyon1808 9 ай бұрын

@@McT740052 sorry yes your right my bad

@vonryansexpress 9 ай бұрын

Drakefords lust for control and authoritarian dictatorship is very very worrying . . .

@angelathornalley5386 9 ай бұрын

People in Wales need to stand up and do something like the people in London against ulez

@rosemarydudley9954 8 ай бұрын

angelathornalley: Hold my beer.

@goldbond1180 9 ай бұрын

Labour and Plaid Cymru an absolute disaster for Wales. End devolution.

@501sqn3 9 ай бұрын

That's the real answer, it's not enough to just get rid of Dickford, the whole assembly/ devolution mess must go! 😒

@Philzoid 9 ай бұрын

Giving all power back to the goons in Westminster is not the answer.

@501sqn3 9 ай бұрын

@@Philzoid .....They probably wouldn't do it as bad , they certainly couldn't do worse!, and they'd do it way , way cheaper!.

@paulsimin-gv6jj 9 ай бұрын

its people like drackford that needs a good kicking ! put an end to him

@paulsimin-gv6jj 9 ай бұрын

its people like drackford that needs a good kicking !

@robnewbold1 9 ай бұрын

labour, labour everywhere and its toxic tentacles are getting bigger.

@jameskeith7608 9 ай бұрын

This is not the Labour I used to vote for, there is no difference between labour and tory now, so where is the democracy?

@mrscreamer379 9 ай бұрын

I think politicians in this country will get a shock soon, when wealthy upwardly mobile people who contribute lots of tax, start to emigrate due to the poor quality of life the UK authorities wish to provide their citizens, and those leaving will be replaced with people from all over the world with their begging bowls out wanting benefits.

@ScratchyBaws 9 ай бұрын

Have you been living under a rock for the past 40-50yrs?. Numpty.

@anglosaxon5874 9 ай бұрын

Emmigrate to where? I want to leave too.

@user-tq1qd3iu2t 9 ай бұрын

That is exactly their plan and its working out just fine. They want a serf population of totally impoverished and dependant people.

@The_Irish_Volunteer 9 ай бұрын

You think these people care about the economy? Really? They want to destroy it!!!

@kevtheargonut 9 ай бұрын

Currently waiting for my visa to arrive to enable me to stop paying tax on a 6 figure salary in the U.K. to go and spend my life savings, equity from my UK house, my private pension, and when I am old enough, my state pension in a less woke country. Good luck trying to change the woke, green UK political norm, I don't see it happening any time soon given the major parties. I am gone and probably a bit sunburned.

@Sam-gw5pl 9 ай бұрын

So cars will be travelling slower, thus engines on longer to get somewhere, thus exhaust pumping out fumes for longer.

@simplifygardening 9 ай бұрын

Not to mention u be stuck in third gear most of the trip so it’s not as efficient at burning the fumes as being in 4th would be

@matthewhester5891 9 ай бұрын

Drive in 2nd, sod them

@Sam-gw5pl 9 ай бұрын

@@simplifygardening absolutely yes, higher revs if stay in 2nd

@Sam-gw5pl 9 ай бұрын

@@BrianBadondebowl yes 3rd is a middling gear, low revs, you may find you’ll have to drop back down to 2nd to get back a response.

@jamescollins3647 9 ай бұрын

This aimed at making everybody drive EVs, otherwise known as expensive milk floats lol.

@realistJB 9 ай бұрын

Not difficult to imagine what's going to happen to the enforcement cameras.

@rosemarydudley9954 8 ай бұрын

Bring on the Blade Runners...food for thought.

@fredharris3203 9 ай бұрын

The village where I live has always been 30mph, how many road accidents have we had in the last 30 years? None.

@eljay5009 9 ай бұрын

Same happened in my village. It was 40mph, but was reduced to 30mph (lobbied for by the parish council) for "road safety" reasons.......even though they admitted there had never been a serious accident in living memory. Coincidentally though - a couple of the parish councilors houses front the road where the limit was reduced................🤔

@DUB-sential 9 ай бұрын

That's not the point now is it how frustrated are you driving at 30 ? Yes it's not great but its bearable... now think how excited you're going to be at the start of a nice long 30... 20 zone you will be positively delighted.

@shanespeller7702 9 ай бұрын

Nly place in my village to get accidents are traffic lights cos of the short change delay, and junctions where people have pulled out into oncoming vehicles, doesn't matter what the speed you can't change driver errors.

@citroen-fe3qq 9 ай бұрын

Mark Drakeford first minister of Wales , asserts you will now live longer as cleaner air ! Have to ask, why have the people of Wales voted this man and those around him into power.

@MrMesospheric 9 ай бұрын

Yeah! Aunt Maud smoked 80 a day and lived to 105. Statistics, like the plebs like it.

@ma_rin_49 9 ай бұрын

It's the death knell for Welsh tourism, who'd spend half of their holiday crawling along at 20mph to reach their destination and then the other half crawling along at the same speed to escape the place and add on to that the tourism tax levied by Labour and doesn't it make it a really attractive place to visit!!

@michaelparry6890 9 ай бұрын

Maby you want to stay in a nice hotel .....

@Philzoid 9 ай бұрын

That would be a valid point if the whole of Wales was 30mph roads but its not lol. You're not really that stupid are you?

@derekwhite2929 9 ай бұрын

We've been well past the point of insanity for over 20yrs!

@blower1 9 ай бұрын

It was 30 yrs, but recently this has been revised down to 20.

@josephglover4256 9 ай бұрын

9/11 was the true end of the world. We’re in purgatory...

@derekwhite2929 9 ай бұрын

@@josephglover4256 Considering that I've been dumped rotting in a room to die I've got a slightly different take on how sick and downright NASTY the people around me who're just watching it happening are!

@derekwhite2929 8 ай бұрын

@@josephglover4256 More specifically the condition I've been left in for a few years now is called MELD PURGATORY.

@mickyday2008 9 ай бұрын

Absolutely nuts. There are thousands of bikers who won’t go to Wales to enjoy the scenic roads and spend their money.

@Brookspirit 9 ай бұрын

It's what they want. They will be building a wall along the border to stop people getting out soon.

@Atom-56 9 ай бұрын

I shouldn’t think it will be limited to just bikers, at this rate. Whose going to want to visit Wales?

@steve5825 9 ай бұрын

Nobody will have the time necessary to visit Wales as it will take forever to get anywhere. I’m quite looking forward to the start of this idiotic speed limit and the mayhem it will create as people will start to take action when it directly affects them.

@StudentDad-mc3pu 9 ай бұрын

Because they can't ride a 30mph in a built up area?

@cyclist68 9 ай бұрын

The scenic biking roads won't change. It's in built up areas. 20 is too low. We have it by us and nobody does it cos it's just too slow, they still do 30. Had they said 25 many more would have accepted it

@photoisca7386 9 ай бұрын

There is a publicly available document regarding the imposition of all these "safety" restrictions which explains the real reason for them. The idea is to make driving motor transport so impossibly miserable, drivers will just give up. This is all linked to the open prisons, no travel for the masses and total monitored control.

@jasonking442 9 ай бұрын

Time to buy a reflective number plate.

@jameskeith7608 9 ай бұрын

When a rat is backed into a corner he will bite back, I am not calling good people, rats, but the time is almost here for the majority of common sense folk to take a stand against these corrupt politicians in power.

@StudentDad-mc3pu 9 ай бұрын

There is a document - it does not say that.

@PhilipBallGarry 9 ай бұрын

The whole country is turning into an open prison for every one of us 😞

@StudentDad-mc3pu 9 ай бұрын

@@PhilipBallGarry Nice whinge. Grow some. What, exactly are you prevented from doing or saying?

@davidhull9168 9 ай бұрын

One has to look down to check the speed so much showing on ones dash to hold 20mph I feel its more dangerous than driving around 30 in a 30mph area. Looking at what's ahead is so important.

@marcushull12 9 ай бұрын

My previous car that I had for 10 years went faster than 20mp in tick over and constantly I had to constantly tap the brakes.

@MrSupergumpi 9 ай бұрын

Crying with laughter, loonies running the asylum!! Time to pull power from these so called disolved powers

@jonathanj.7344 9 ай бұрын

Last I heard the electorate are all set to vote in Labour.

@coolgranddad5430 9 ай бұрын

If our leaders continue with their madness, sooner or later a modern day George Washington or Oliver Cromwell will come around. That will not end well for our leaders, just look up your history. Push people too far and watch out, populace will snap at some point, then all bets are off as to what will happen.

@MrSupergumpi 9 ай бұрын

@@jonathanj.7344 he is labour! Like Sadiq Khan a total waste of tax payers money with thier anti car agenda!

@MrMesospheric 9 ай бұрын

Yeah! The Tories are doing so much better, campaigning now for bans on protecting human lives. Welcome to Engerland, a nation of stupid angry people who can't keep their noses out of other people's affairs.

@rb1062 9 ай бұрын

We love Wales and always did a trip there every year but we won't return and spend our money until the lunatic government is gone. The Welsh need to wake up and recognise that voting for a nationlist party isn't always in theur best interests.

@philjones6054 9 ай бұрын

Trust me........a HUGE number of us Welsh folk are deeply, deeply unhappy with Welsh politics and government. I'd abolish the Welsh government tomorrow if I could.

@Philzoid 9 ай бұрын

Good riddance

@ezioauditore3128 9 ай бұрын

@@Philzoid Please tell the nurse not to allow you access to the computer room ever again.

@billywilliamswilliams4198 9 ай бұрын

speaking as a welsh man living in the valleys it drives me mad to hear all the stupid people voting wales simply because they are following what they dads and granddads did before them by voting for these clowns.

@MrMesospheric 9 ай бұрын

The question is: why do so many English people think other countries can't survive without their money? It's because you retain imperialistic ideas. Wales isn't a playground for the English. It was the same with all sorts of other changes in Wales. Yet, all accommodation is overbooked in Wales. Everybody wants to come here. Everybody is coming here. So spare us your idle pub-talk and I'll put a £10 bet you'll be back in Wales as usual. You're welcome, so long as you respect this isn't England, and doesn't want to be.

@TheGheddon 9 ай бұрын

I won't be going back to Wales. There is nothing for miles. Travelling at 20 will be torture.

@robinburn4974 9 ай бұрын

Look on the bright side, you can have more time to marvel at the sheep

@maccagrabme 9 ай бұрын

@@robinburn4974 Or watch them overtaking.

@TheGheddon 9 ай бұрын

@@robinburn4974 love this.

@AL-ud2is 9 ай бұрын

Except you wont be travelling at 20 you'll be doing 15-18 to make sure you're not constantly going over the limit

@johndoe-vy4bt 9 ай бұрын

That's the whole point. To make driving so expensive and miserable that ppl would just stop driving.

@andrewsingleton2710 9 ай бұрын

If you have a diesel car, driving at 20mph around town will ruin your diesel particulate filter. It will cost you £100's to get repaired. This is designed to get the diesel car off the road

@stephenhowe568 9 ай бұрын

Driving in first gear under 20mph will heat up the exhaust and clear it

@richardscott8146 9 ай бұрын

Take dpf out you'll get better performance,just put it back for next mot😂

@Lawrence423 9 ай бұрын

and burn more fuel and cause more emissions .

@timmartin2030 9 ай бұрын

Yes this happened to me - the bill was £2,500...

@topfuelteddy 9 ай бұрын

@@stephenhowe568You don't know what you are talking about.

@AJ-qn6gd 9 ай бұрын

I was looking forward to going to wales next week in our camper van for a week but I’m buggered if I’m going to drive everywhere at 20mph, I’ll go somewhere else instead (and spend my money there).

@mikeadams6031 9 ай бұрын

You don't need to drive 'everywhere' at that speed, only the roads currently having a 30 limit.

@AJ-qn6gd 9 ай бұрын

@@mikeadams6031 Which is a hell of a lot of roads ! Stuff it I’ll just go elsewhere.

@mikeadams6031 9 ай бұрын

And then you will miss this beautiful country and its many attractions. Surely that's worth the minor inconvenience?@@AJ-qn6gd

@mikeadams6031 9 ай бұрын

That's a shame 'cause it's a lovely place, well worth the minor trouble caused by the new limit. And I would have thought you'd be familiar with 20 mph as it seems to be the maximum speed of every camper van I follow.@@user-eh2nv5pj1j

@kbrickell4732 9 ай бұрын

the RED flag act .. a man walked in front of every car holding a RED flag.. Labours Red flag

@monkeyboy2297 9 ай бұрын

every driver in England and Wales should drive at 10mph all over the country, cause many traffic jams, slow lorries down, public transport and bring this country to its knees, hit them in the pocket, no revenue from speeding fines etc

@AL-ud2is 9 ай бұрын

That's a great idea problem is people wont unite, to busy fighting each other

@ianashton1593 9 ай бұрын

@@AL-ud2isWhich is exactly what they want, the whole country divided !!

@dave788 9 ай бұрын

Good idea and every one phone in sick for a day all at once will cost the country billions lol

@catherinedart4777 9 ай бұрын

I have been saying this for ages.

@williamrees6207 9 ай бұрын

All drive at 30 all get fined and noone pays the fine ... lets all go to court lol

@grahamellis6029 9 ай бұрын

We are run by the north koreans here in Wales,god help us

@simplifygardening 9 ай бұрын

It’s a stealth tax to get money to continue to push towards getting rid of cars entirely for 15 min cities

@citroen-fe3qq 9 ай бұрын

exactly --- and most can see this; as they say a week is long term and most dont plan past the end of the week. tThe people of Wales vted for Mark Drakeford the man who imposed the hardest and longest lockdowns during Covid that resulted in the worst outcomes.

@captainflipflop8805 9 ай бұрын

Bus services are reducing because of the speed reductions so even if you don’t have a car they’re making it harder to get around.

@nanajulie3812 9 ай бұрын

We won't be allowed to go anywhere with these dead heads in control. The lockdown was a precursor to all of this claptrap !!

@MrMesospheric 9 ай бұрын

Are you campaigning to remove Arriva buses (owned by Deutsche Bahn - who formerly transported Jews to their deaths) and who help pay for Germany's pension bill? No? Why not? We need to renationalise buses. Then we can focus on improving them for people, not foreign profit.

@mikeg2939 9 ай бұрын

The area my sister lived in in Canada has a 20 limit, it was agonizing, especially when you're the only car on the road, and no one walks anywhere so there's little chance of running someone over. To make it even worse you have to stop at every junction. Picture a residential area, you're on the main road running through it and there's a side road feeding into it up ahead. You can see up the side road and there's nothing there but you have to come to a complete stop then pull away again. You can't just slow down, if a cop sees you do that you'll be getting a ticket.

@stephenchodan7003 9 ай бұрын

I reckon It’s all part of getting us into these 15 minute Cities think about it.

@francescostello1377 9 ай бұрын

Indeed, all part of the WEF globalist great reset agenda 21-30, you will own nothing and be happy. Covid plandemic, Global warming nonsense, the green energy and net 0 insanity, digital currency and ID,, the list is endless. People need to watch alternative media, you'll learn nothing here on MSM.

@francescostello1377 9 ай бұрын

@@chrisgale5634 really, stop watching MSM, watch alternative media with independent journalism, it's not nonsense, all part of the WEF globalist great reset agenda 21-30, you will own nothing and be happy, Covid plandemic, Global warming nonsense, the green energy insanity and net 0 insanity, digital currency and ID, cashless society, the list is endless.

@stephenchodan7003 9 ай бұрын

Kill off the car, get us all walking and onto bikes, if you live in a big town and it takes longer than 15mins to get down there it’s wet and cold then suddenly a 15min city becomes more appealing.

@kpnut59 9 ай бұрын

Dumbo Drakeford et al will bring back a man waving a red flag in walking in front of a moving car next! 😊

@JustMeZero988 9 ай бұрын

This is going to seriously affect tourism (I'm in England) as I think people will go to other places rather than crawling around Wales trying to get to the seaside or wherever for days out or holidays. Also, My car has cruise control and I often set it to 30, 50 Etc. to maintain the speed and if I brake or stop at lights, I press it again to get back up to the speed limit. But my cruise control only works when I am going 25mph or over so trying to use it to stick to 20mph isn't happening and so it is quite hard for people to maintain that and I would be up and down trying to maintain the speed and not really concentrating on much else. So guess who'll be going to Scarborough, Whitby and the east coast Etc. in the future. 🤔🤔

@br5380 9 ай бұрын

Must have a crap car, mine goes down to 20mph AKA 30kmh and so have most of the previous cars I've had for probably +20 years.

@adamzapple67 9 ай бұрын

It's impossible to stick to 20mph in a modern car. Everyone becomes frustrated within a matter of yards. With frustration comes road rage, mistakes and risk taking. Add the fact that modern cars aren't designed to crawl everywhere at 20mph and we have another moronic piece of legislation.

@thedubwhisperer2157 9 ай бұрын

Any car can be driven at any constant speed up to its maximum. Impossible???

@blower1 9 ай бұрын

@@thedubwhisperer2157 Not impossible, but with many cars its difficult due to the gear ratios. 20mph in many cars results in a jerky high rev in 2nd but lugging in 3rd - both are using a LOT more fuel and hence emitting more emissions than if they were doing 30mph. It is hard to maintain a constant 19-20mph without it overshooting or undershooting as the gear ratio in 2nd results in sudden deceleration and acceleration as you come off and back on the throttle. The result of which is people will either drive over the speed limit or well under it - defeating the purpose in the 1st instance and exacerbating the traffic build up and road rage in the 2nd.

@thedubwhisperer2157 9 ай бұрын

@@blower1 Fortunately, my 2005 diesel is quite happy at 20mph in fourth!

@ekondigg6751 9 ай бұрын

@@thedubwhisperer2157 Not impossible, but: Engines were not designed to be running constantly at just over idle. They are actually most efficient at full bore, and least efficient at very low revs (that's how hybrids can achieve good efficiency in spite of having to convert energy, which always results in loss, they are small engines that run at full bore while charging the battery, then stop). The problem is compounded in a turbocharged vehicle, which needs a minimum boost to be efficient. That usually starts at around 2000rpm. The lower the efficiency, the worse the fuel consumption and the worse the pollution. If you use a lower gear for more revs, that's more revs per mile than in a higher gear at the same speed and you run into another issue of passing more gas per mile (gas=fuel/air mixture). You can observe that effect yourself in most modern cars with a real-time fuel consumption display.

@dukeonthewater 9 ай бұрын

Bonkers. I'm a domiciliary care worker, 90% of my house calls are in the new 20mph areas. All I can see are shorter breaks and more speeding tickets resulting in poss loss of licence and job.

@br5380 9 ай бұрын

Don't break the law.

@clivecartwright5116 8 ай бұрын

If I'm on a road where 20mph isn't required I just do 35 ish. Welsh government are arseholes

@jimspencer3072 9 ай бұрын

These lunatics are out of control theyre going to make people's lives even more miserable

@Jayen4 9 ай бұрын

Only if they're allowed to !..... Think about that !......

@mattmunds5973 9 ай бұрын

He needs sacking

@Bob-tq2jv 9 ай бұрын

Together with the softly softly approach to Just Stop Oil fanatics, this is all part of the war on the motorist

@stevenyearn3035 9 ай бұрын

War on elderly and disabled who can’t ride a friggin pedal bike.

@MrMesospheric 9 ай бұрын

Best argument I read all day. You will believe this.

@philg7889 9 ай бұрын

The Welsh PR machine already had its work cut out, but this has sent Wales back 30 years. Say goodbye to English tourism cash, and the thousands of small businesses that rely on it. Well done (again) Labour.

@bordersw1239 9 ай бұрын

The Welsh government has been enlarging the ‘Heads of the Valley’s” road, so far it’s £110 million over budget for the first 5 mile stretch. Now that the road is now a super dual carriageway, they’ve reduced the speed limit to 50mph! Projected costs for the 11 mile section are now over £1.14 Billion!

@patrik-vw4ek 9 ай бұрын

I read some time ago that the idiots in the Welsh government were going to use PFI money finish the heads of the valleys road...I kid you not..just goes to show how ignorant & stupid they really are.

@MrMesospheric 9 ай бұрын

Maybe you should read about HS2 this week?

@stevenvater8720 9 ай бұрын

Their priority is 20mph... BUT CANNOT SEE MY GP OR EVEN A NURSE!!!..... BEYOND DISGUSTING

@MrLachlan09 9 ай бұрын

They introduced 20 mph restrictions in the Border villages in Scotland on the A69. Driving from the border to Edinburgh the traffic would squash up in the villages, just resulting in long convoys. This then lead to increased driver frustration with drivers taking more significant risks to overtake. As anyone who knows the A69 you will appreciate the dangers involved of overtaking on this stretch of road.

@lamf4846 9 ай бұрын

The A69 runs from Newcastle to Carlisle. Neither of which is in Scotland.

@MrLachlan09 9 ай бұрын

@@lamf4846 my mistake, I meant the A68.

@br5380 9 ай бұрын

I live in the Borders, about a mile from the A68 and use it regularly in both directions - it's made no difference to traffic, but what it has done is make it easy for pedestrians to cross the roads and reduced speeds in the couple of villages/towns (Lauder and Jedburgh are the only ones with a 20 on the A68, all of a mile reduced from 30 to 20 - so added a minute to an Edinburgh-Newcastle journey of 120 miles) with pavements alongside the main road.

@calumscott8737 9 ай бұрын

Ian Collins - proof if needed that even a broken clock is right twice a day. Blanket 20 is a disgrace and ought to be widely ignored like similar impositions elsewhere.

@steveholmes381 9 ай бұрын

So you never follow speed limits then 🤔 🚔🚔🚔

@captainbimble 9 ай бұрын

I won't be sticking to it either!

@calumscott8737 9 ай бұрын

@@steveholmes381 That wasn’t what was said although if you’re looking for advice then it would be to always drive to the prevailing conditions.

@kbrickell4732 9 ай бұрын

stay in bed never use the stairs and claim benefits as going to work and working is risky

@Bleedforme-zq2uf 9 ай бұрын

Great! The cost of living is out of control. Everyone worrying about how they're going to pay their mortgage, their gas bill and put food on the table, so what do the council propose? Fining people every day because they're not crawling along at 20mph and probably losing their licence and livelihood in the process due to an accumulation of speeding points.

@0ccam5Raz0r 9 ай бұрын

I ignore the 20s in my town. There comes a point when law isn't lawful. COvid taught me law is more about politics than about rights and wrongs.

@desertmandan123 9 ай бұрын

Try ignoring all the speed cameras the foolish Welsh idots have put in place to catch speeders.......

@Sam-gw5pl 9 ай бұрын

Is there loads of camera traps?

@jamescollins3647 9 ай бұрын

Wrong, the law is there to curb arseholes like you. Speed limits and covid are not the same dipstick.

@tpw7250 9 ай бұрын

How can you bike everywhere in Wales? It rains constantly, and anywhere worth going to is on a hill

@jasonking442 9 ай бұрын

Little bit of water ain't gonna hurt you...

@captainbimble 9 ай бұрын

It was over 80 degrees here last week mate.

@tpw7250 9 ай бұрын

@@captainbimble Did you miss the two months before last week? Mate.

@hj925 9 ай бұрын

Drakeford can't shuffle off fast enough for me as he has been a disaster in almost every sense. Sadly, he is probably just the tip of the iceberg with this dreadful government. I haven't entirely given up on devolution, but these clowns are a severe test

@philipjakowicz7449 9 ай бұрын

Wales must refuse this crap!!! Governments have lost the plot, sort out crime, not honest hard working motorists

@SuperGoldenv 9 ай бұрын

People lose concentration at 20mph and start looking around.

@weebolddavy 9 ай бұрын

Just be careful if you come to Wales after 17th September as EVERY 30mph will then be 20mph. I've had a few practice runs on some trunk roads which will be changing and it feels totally ludicrous driving along a road which very rarely ever sees a pedestrian. This slower speed limit has it's place near schools, in residential areas, near hospitals etc. Having been accident free for 46 years and had 1 speeding ticket, 34 in a 30mph zone despite being a lorry driver for 12 years, I can't help feeling that my almost unblemished record won't stay that way for long, 20mph is a very difficult speed to sit at unless you're in traffic or have your nose pressed against the speedo. Congestion is going to cause nose to tail traffic without gaps, pedestrians won't be able to cross safely and motorists won't be able to come out of side roads because there will be very few gaps in the traffic. Frustration will create more accidents. Traffic won't be able to safely pass cyclists doing 10-15mph so all the traffic slows down to that speed, then some thoughtless cyclist will overtake or undertake the slow traffic creating yet more danger for pedestrians, very few bikes have a speedometer and cannot be prosecuted for breaking the speed limit. Check out the Black Belt Barristers video on this. The 20mph zones may not always be obvious so basically if there's street lights, it's 20mph. Between this blanket 20mph limit, which is going to extend journey times for many and the proposed tourist tax, they're going to severely damage the Welsh economy. A lot of people simply won't come.

@Sam-gw5pl 9 ай бұрын

Great points. Also 20 is a funny speed so 3rd gear isn’t quick enough for the revs, so people will find themselves staying/dropping down into 2nd gear to keep purchase and drive along in a higher rev

@michaelbailey8729 9 ай бұрын

Going to try and get my last visit in before 17th. I am upset at being denied such a lovely place.

@winstonsmith3690 9 ай бұрын

Not great for delivery drivers. They'll have to double their hours.

@lisaanna2899 9 ай бұрын

Best comment 👌 it's going to make motorists nervous cause a panic phobia and really it's not even 20mph it's really 15 or 16 because it's speeding if it touches the 20mph on the dial so this will cause an on off slight presses with the foot your ankle will end up weakening due to keeping that 15 to 17 mph slight touch off and on no wonder people are riddled with anxiety what about ambulances? Or calling the police out to a major domestic delivery service. There is evil afoot and they won't stop until they have destroyed our lives

@captainbimble 9 ай бұрын

That's not correct. Not all 30mph roads will become 20mph. Local councils will have power to choose which roads to alter.

@jenniferbarry5887 9 ай бұрын

Time for the Welsh to vote for what's happening today not what happened years ago when you voted Labour just because.

@welshie1979 9 ай бұрын

Was out tonight. Difficult to get on main road. Stuck behind idiots doing 20..arrrgggggh..comrade Drakeford is ruining Wales! A disgrace

@desertmandan123 9 ай бұрын

Plymouth City Council put speed cameras in a new 20mph limited zone....it's the higest earning camera in Devon and has earned the council over a £1,000,000 in 8 months........

@kenh3344 9 ай бұрын

You need some blade runners.

@vincentl.9469 9 ай бұрын

😳😳

@AJ-qn6gd 9 ай бұрын

As always just follow the money !

@theSTUNTHAMSTER 9 ай бұрын

There's a lot of selfish drivers in Plymouth then?

@christinevenner183 9 ай бұрын

Its a cash grab. Here in London they did the same. You break the 20mph speed limit and it's an instant £100 fine + 3 points on your license with no appeal.

@phoenixkali 9 ай бұрын

It seems like every day that getting a horse and cart will be a more viable option.

@andrewgamble5332 9 ай бұрын

Odd but Wales has been taken back by Drakeford to the time of Edward 7th in 1901 when the speed limit was 20mph so not a bad achievement to move back in time!

@richardjones3112 9 ай бұрын

Thousands of jobs going and thousands of illegal immigrants arriving.What could possibly go wrong?Welcome to Wales.

@bigjoeangel 9 ай бұрын

It will cost the economy £300 million a year, but maybe save the holy NHS £92 million. Genius Drakeford, genius.

@barnbersonol 9 ай бұрын

His 92 million is based on each grazed elbow costing the NHS a hundred grand. Guy's a total nob.

@stevenvater8720 9 ай бұрын

92 million is a fantasy figure plucked out of cloud cuckoo land to justify all this crap

@DOCTORDROTT 9 ай бұрын

Its already 20 MPH on the M4 thanks to Drakeford . That's why companies are NOT coming to Wales. You can't even do 15 mph up valley hills

@fcukwelshy 9 ай бұрын

Dickford is going out with a bang - What a Wan£er

@peterthomas5792 9 ай бұрын

Apparently their 'public consulation' involved walking the streets of Cardiff asking young mothers if they'd prefer their child to be hit by a car travelling at 20 mph or 30 mph. Then claimed 'overwhelming public support' for the 20 mph limit. Petition in the Senedd to "rescind and remove the disastrous 20 mph law" currently averaging 1 signature per second and is currently (11am Wednesday) at 271,502 - that's about 10% of the entire Welsh population.

@alberttickle1106 9 ай бұрын

A method to fine motorists to generate a new revenue stream.

@stevenwhite1490 9 ай бұрын

Do they not realise that at twenty mph the catalytic converter doesn't reach optimum temperature to work causing the car to put out more harmful gases

@rogermellie8068 9 ай бұрын

Defy it, simple. If you obey it, you deserve everything you get.

@superyid2010 9 ай бұрын

Defy it, get three points. It's not as easy as that fella. They are going to massively enforce this insane new law.

@rogermellie8068 9 ай бұрын

@superyid2010 how do they massively enforce it if a million people defy it?

@WilliamLeeson1 9 ай бұрын

We are a nation heading for complete and utter ruin. The madness gets worse by the day.

@simplifygardening 9 ай бұрын

It will create more accidents as people will be watching their Speedo rather than the rd. they also not thought about the fire service. Most of the fire service is retained meaning they are on call and only work when there is a call for them. They must live within 5 mins of the station to be on this system and they have been struggling to get staff cause of this. Some places even pushing the turnout time to 8 mins. However when it drops to 20 that shrinks the pool even more as the speed will mean it will take them longer to get to station there are talks that the turnout will go to 15 mins or even higher. With up to 24 appliances already off the run daily due to a retained staff shortage this will make it worse. When your house is on fire or someone in a bad rtc the last thing you want is to wait 15 mins before the engine even leaves the station. Yes there maybe a couple of live reducing the speed may save on the rd. but how many more will die on the rd or at house fires while waiting for emergency services to arrive. Complete madness

@jamescollins3647 9 ай бұрын

They won't be watching their speedo, they will be too busy texting.

@paulsawtell3991 9 ай бұрын

But by getting you out of your car they'll be able to do the only thing which concerns them: sign off net zero.

@jamescollins3647 9 ай бұрын

@@paulsawtell3991 The final solution then eh?

@theSTUNTHAMSTER 9 ай бұрын

why do you have to stare at a speedo when your doing 20 and not any other speed?

@davefitzpatrick4841 9 ай бұрын

The people of wales voted for it the same as London with Sadiq Khan , I have no simpathy . Vote them in then moan about there policies !

@mattmunds5973 9 ай бұрын

No not true we didn't get a say no one in Wales wanted drake no one I know voted for him everywhere you go no one has a good word to say about drake

@davefitzpatrick4841 9 ай бұрын

@@mattmunds5973 surely if the people of Wales unify and protest in massive numbers, he will have no choice to change course or resign ? But I haven't seen the people of Wales galvanize against Drake !

@simplifygardening 9 ай бұрын

We had no say on this in wales and they are all as bad as eachother

@Sam-gw5pl 9 ай бұрын

@@mattmunds5973 was Drakeford not voted in?

@jamescollins3647 9 ай бұрын

@@mattmunds5973 If nobody in Wales voted for him and his party, how the fuck did they get elected?

@justwilliam6871 9 ай бұрын

We’ve been on holidays to Wales lots of times to static caravans. Five of us, a couple of weeks every year haemorrhaging money into the Welsh economy. We won’t be going again. 20mph. Ffs

@aspman8965 9 ай бұрын

Been in one of the trial zones for a while now. The net effect is most cars now go 40 instead of 30. The stupid government is causing far more risk to life now.

@octopusman9969 9 ай бұрын

No Car 🚘 No liberty ⛓️

@garystone5746 9 ай бұрын

Just another reason not to do business in Wales there are other parts of the country concentrate on and not as far.

@raymoreton3184 9 ай бұрын

agreed.

@fordcosmic319 9 ай бұрын

Politicians need to realise they represent, not rule. History is replete with examples of what happens if they don't....

@OH2023-cj9if 9 ай бұрын

Most accidents happen at 20 or lower. This increases risk to us all.

@ianross225 9 ай бұрын

If Drakeford had been around in stone age times he’d have stopped fires in case of danger.

@jameskeith7608 9 ай бұрын

I think a club would have been empl;oyed.

@G-Man..277 9 ай бұрын

But paedos overlooked. Like his son for example

@imbonkers3629 9 ай бұрын

Soon people on bike will be waving 👋 at us as they overtake us on the motorway 😊

@paulwilliams5013 9 ай бұрын

....people on zimmer frames too!

@maccagrabme 9 ай бұрын

There is a far bigger picture here its called WEF. Have Talktv actually even mention it and their agenda or are they going to continue blaming Khant, Starmer and Drakeford as being personally responsible? If they wont mention the cause then this will only get worse, this is nothing to do with party politics, its the fact that the LIBLABCON has been sabotaged by the WEF, none of this is helping us by pretending that the WEF doesn't exist.

@jasonking442 9 ай бұрын

@@paulwilliams5013 Electric zimmers are gonna be all the rage soon...

@justinbrooks5560 9 ай бұрын

Bikes aren't allowed on motorways

@christinevenner183 9 ай бұрын

@@justinbrooks5560joke?

@leswatson8563 9 ай бұрын

You only have to look at the health care in Wales to realise what a full blown Labour Government would do for the rest of the country?

@LeiaLouxx 9 ай бұрын

I live in a 20mph zone. The only people who i see batting down the road taking no notice of the limit are Asians in BMWs and Mercedes. And never get caught.

@StevenTomozi 9 ай бұрын

If Sadiq Khan and the government was genuine and telling the truth in claiming clean air and stopping pollution, why are flights in to and out of UK allowed to continue flying around the world.

@fortyfour1654 9 ай бұрын

Don't worry, your ability to travel by air is also in the pipeline to be curtailed. Gently, gently is their game...

@anthonywilson8998 9 ай бұрын

There are 40 million motorists out of 67 million population of uk. If every motorist refused to pay insurance and road tax then that would get somewhere. So many earn a living from cars one way or another , and many spare essential for working, why is everyone still got on as normal.? Getting people out of cars will cost thousands of jobs. Don’t they care??

@MrMoriarty100 9 ай бұрын

Ridiculous! The best approach would be to keep the 30mph limits on the main through roads in urban areas, but put all minor residential streets to 20mph. Then again, Labour utterly hates common sense!

@anthonywilson8998 9 ай бұрын

One minute it’s pollution then it’s speed reduction to create pollution. More fuel more emissions,less progress and longer journeys.30 miles takes 1 hour. Not any more it will take 1.5 hours. If you are in a hurry you will also be extra stressed .

@Tony11806 9 ай бұрын

We have 20mph speed limits on the side roads where I live and I have yet to see someone doing 20mph and drivers don't take any notice of 30mph.

@jeffreyroberts7438 9 ай бұрын

Problem in wales is the police spend all their time out with speed cameras trying to make money…..they don’t bother with anything else!

@jamescollins3647 9 ай бұрын

@@jeffreyroberts7438 Oh yes they do. Try offending somebody on social media and you will see a lot of the plod.

@Sam-gw5pl 9 ай бұрын

@@jamescollins3647 you’ll see 6 at once

@mikedennis5702 9 ай бұрын

Waiting for the Wales Blade Runners to emerge from this craziness.

@theSTUNTHAMSTER 9 ай бұрын

What are they going to do?

@getinfo2day 9 ай бұрын

How can this be allowed to happen? What sort of country do we live in... not one I want to spend anymore time in. UK is finished.

@arleneevans6342 9 ай бұрын

Its not just cars that are affected but buses too. Its going to be difficult to get around

@thedroneflyingviking1284 9 ай бұрын

I lived in Mumbles for 2 years and you would be lucky to even get to 20mph 90% of the time before you get stuck in traffic

@stevenvater8720 9 ай бұрын

Not many people live in mumbles, they live in the real world

@TimmysFavs 9 ай бұрын

This is their goal to hound the motorist & ultimately force him or her off the road!

@neilgoodall1768 9 ай бұрын

20mph zones are madness. You spend too much time looking at the speedo rather than looking at the road and what’s going on. Total Muppets these politicians

@marksutherland774 9 ай бұрын

It might go against the grain but if the conservatives promise to recind this immediately if they get in power in Wales, destroy labour at the polls and send VERY clear message.

@TonyMontana33452 2 ай бұрын

but they won't because they also want the money generated by strategically placed speed cameras fining motorist travelling down a hill at 24 mph !

@Payne2view 9 ай бұрын

I don't have a car (unfortunately) but the 20mph means fewer busses per day will be able to run to where I live because each journey will take longer. Anything with a schedule will be messed-up.

@_.Madness._ 9 ай бұрын

Yes, but the good thing is if you miss the bus, you can still catch it.

@michaelbolton7790 9 ай бұрын

I live in Mid-Wales so I'm having to put up with this madness. I travel to the local shop to pick up my newspaper & since this limit has been introduced I can't get out of 3rd. gear to adhere to the 20mph limit which is obviously increasing fuel consumption & producing more CO2

@BryanPardoe 9 ай бұрын

Ive just passed through north wales. Unreal trying to keep to 20. And huge queues.

@theSTUNTHAMSTER 9 ай бұрын

Why is there more queues?

@ddege.devauden5212 9 ай бұрын

I believe this was trialled in Abergavenny and had to be abandoned due to the serious deterioration in air quality from having more cars hanging around clogging up the streets

@jeffatkins6890 9 ай бұрын

Absolute drivel ! what knuckle head told you that

@dcbarney8571 9 ай бұрын

No it hasn’t still there

@johnwoods8331 9 ай бұрын

There needs to be better public transport in place for a system like this to work. We've become too dependent on cars to the point where it's almost impossible to get around without them and that's the problem.

@marybarratt2649 9 ай бұрын

I wouldn’t get on a bus to go anywhere. People use them like skips, food and rubbish over the floors, drivers verbally abused, passengers refusing to pay. I’ve seen bricks and other missiles thrown at buses, windows broken. Drunks are a nuisance as are unruly passengers.

@johnwoods8331 9 ай бұрын

I'm sure you wouldn't mind if they were frequent, comfortable, clean, well maintained and spacious. Buses in the UK are literally moving toilet/bins. If we want to move towards a greener society with less cars then we need solve these fundamental problems with viable alternatives that people would actually use.

@marybarratt2649 9 ай бұрын

Buses leave the depots clean, comfortable, spacious, frequent but the attitude of the public needs to change. They think they have the right to litter the buses because cleaners are employed for the purpose of picking it up and cleaning. Bring back Clippies who could have some control over passengers and their antics. Drivers aren’t allowed to get involved because of abuse and they have enough to do driving. Sorry, I could go on, I just get tired of the disrespect everywhere today.