A petition to remove the new 20mph limit is Wales has reached over 50,000 signatures.
On Sunday, September 17, most 30mph roads in Wales changed to 20mph. This was part of a Welsh Government election pledge to try and reduce deaths, casualties and pollution on our roads.
There has been a lot of misinformation about the 20mph such as it being a “blanket change”. Critics of the scheme point to the potential impact it could have on the economy.
A petition called: “We want the Welsh Government to rescind and remove the disastrous 20mph law” has now exceed 50,000 signatures. The details of the petitions suggested it will cause “absolute carnage” on the roads.
The Welsh Government has pointed to trials of the scheme in Welsh villages where people were overwhelmingly supportive of the plans such as St Brides but the petition read “Mark Drakeford has come out claiming it is a success in St Brides Major but every time I go though there NO ONE is driving at 20mph.”
It goes on to add: “The Welsh Government was put there BY THE PEOPLE OF WALES, We are your boss! We demand that this foolish idea be stopped.”
This is not the first time a petition regarding the 20mph limit has been set up. At the end of June this year another petition calling on the new limit not to be introduced triggered a debate in the Senedd. That petition received so many signatures that it closed early.
WalesOnline has extensively covered the issue of 20mph including the potential hit to the economy, what it is like driving round urban and rural areas at 20mph as well as the strongest arguments in favour of the new rules.