I see our Rishi's spotted a huge bandwagon going past so he's jumped on it.
However, when pressed by Laura Kuenssberg he went into his Wishi Washi Rishi mode, and as usual wouldn't answer whether or not he would stop Conservative Councils introducing widespread 20 mph limits.
The Welsh Government have got this badly wrong, and will regret not consulting more widely, or being more flexible. I think they'll have to do a lot of backpedalling (at 20 mph!) on this.
Limits outside schools are imperative, and there may well be other locations where speed should be restricted, but not on a blanket basis.
The current 30 mph limit can't even be kept to, and is enforced on a piecemeal basis. Cars regularly go over 50 past my house, and it's impossible to get the police or the Council to catch these buggers, despite numerous bumps, ( my parked car had to be written off after a boy racer hit it) near misses and injuries. Apparently there has to be a fatality before anything gets done.
However, when pressed by Laura Kuenssberg he went into his Wishi Washi Rishi mode, and as usual wouldn't answer whether or not he would stop Conservative Councils introducing widespread 20 mph limits.
The Welsh Government have got this badly wrong, and will regret not consulting more widely, or being more flexible. I think they'll have to do a lot of backpedalling (at 20 mph!) on this.
Limits outside schools are imperative, and there may well be other locations where speed should be restricted, but not on a blanket basis.
The current 30 mph limit can't even be kept to, and is enforced on a piecemeal basis. Cars regularly go over 50 past my house, and it's impossible to get the police or the Council to catch these buggers, despite numerous bumps, ( my parked car had to be written off after a boy racer hit it) near misses and injuries. Apparently there has to be a fatality before anything gets done.