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Speed limit to be lowered to 20mph in Wales
bbc.com ^ | July 12, 2022 | Mark Hutchings and Daniel Davies

Posted on 07/12/2022 9:38:25 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

Freakin EU, oh wait...

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


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To: Berlin_Freeper

I can’t think of anything more inept than to keep a vehicle in the lowest-speed ratio, 1st gear, which gets the very worst mileage, compared to 3rd gear. Obviously you waste more gas.


21 posted on 07/12/2022 9:55:52 AM PDT by RideForever (Oh damn! Another dangling par ...)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
encourage people to walk and cycle.

As usual, it's not about safety, it's about leftist coercion.

22 posted on 07/12/2022 9:56:39 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

A service of the Anti Destination League


23 posted on 07/12/2022 10:00:35 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (If a liar's pants really did catch on fire CBC, ABC, CNN and MSNBC would be more fun to watch)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

“... and encourage people to walk and cycle.”

And if they lowered to 5mph it would encourage even more walking and cycling.

Why do “normal” people let fools like these run their lives?? It’s a mystery I haven’t been able to crack.


24 posted on 07/12/2022 10:01:39 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: Rebelbase; x

Spent 2+ weeks driving around in Scotland last May. All the road signs including distances and speed are still in miles and MPH. This apparently is the case in all of the UK and that surprised me. I suspect the cost and effort of changing hundreds of thousands of signs wasn’t worth it. They must have had an official EU waiver pre-Brexit.


25 posted on 07/12/2022 10:03:04 AM PDT by SFConservative
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To: NonValueAdded

Why not five, why not two?


26 posted on 07/12/2022 10:03:30 AM PDT by matt04 ( )
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To: Berlin_Freeper

And in fact all it will do is lead to disparate speeds on roads equals more wrecks, more congestion, and basically a completely worse mess. Idiots.


27 posted on 07/12/2022 10:08:13 AM PDT by piytar (Do NOT forget Ashli Babbit!)
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To: NonValueAdded

Why not 10?

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Good question.
The difference between 30mph and 20mph is a more than just some numbers. 20mph is an absolute freakin’ crawl in a vehicle. A human being can run 20mph, but I guess maybe that’s the point, just like getting rid of gas stations.


28 posted on 07/12/2022 10:11:45 AM PDT by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Maybe they should just start driving on the right side of the road.


29 posted on 07/12/2022 10:14:28 AM PDT by reagandemocrat
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Better link re US: https://repository.law.uic.edu/jitpl/vol30/iss4/1/


30 posted on 07/12/2022 10:14:50 AM PDT by piytar (Do NOT forget Ashli Babbit!)
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To: piytar

Sorry. That was supposed to be a comment on my previous comment that the leftist elites think only they should have cars and the right to travel. Think that previous comment got “iPhoned.”


31 posted on 07/12/2022 10:25:50 AM PDT by piytar (Do NOT forget Ashli Babbit!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

32 posted on 07/12/2022 10:29:24 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: x

“But doesn’t Britain use the metric system now?”

The UK is hybrid — Distances are usually in miles/mph; yards, feet, inches. Liquid measurements are pints for beer/ale and cider, but milliliters (ml) from wine, spirits, tonic, soda, etc. Gasoline is in imperial gallons. Most other weights and measures are metric although I have also seen pounds and ounces.


33 posted on 07/12/2022 10:29:39 AM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: Berlin_Freeper

So, are you whales from Scotland?


34 posted on 07/12/2022 10:36:04 AM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump. )
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To: Magnum44

You could tell that the cast loved doing that scene.


35 posted on 07/12/2022 10:43:26 AM PDT by Tymesup
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To: Berlin_Freeper

20 miles an hour is reasonable. Remember, those people drive on the left side of the road.


36 posted on 07/12/2022 10:50:06 AM PDT by Born to Conserve
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To: butlerweave

So that’s what that Pink Floyd song was about...LOL!!!


37 posted on 07/12/2022 10:54:46 AM PDT by gr8eman (Abortion! It's just a murderous ghoul thing!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Get rid of cars for elected officials first


38 posted on 07/12/2022 10:55:51 AM PDT by Reno89519 (FJB. Respect America, Embrace America, Buy American, Hire American.)
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To: Labyrinthos

And British Pints are 20 oz vs US Pints are 16 oz.


39 posted on 07/12/2022 11:02:58 AM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Sodomy is nothing to be proud of.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
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40 posted on 07/12/2022 11:13:05 AM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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