In 20mph Wales, the real limit is 26:
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Wales to drop blanket 20mph speed limit: Ken Skates, transport minister, insisted the change to the unpopular policy was not a U-turn but about ‘refining and ...
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Wokingham campaigners fight to reduce speeding on country lanes: CAMPAIGNERS across East Berkshire have launched a petition demanding that speed limits on ...
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Boy's 'cute' 20mph cartoon dragon may 'compromise road safety' says legal expert: Some drivers have complained about the 'unnecessary' cost and say ...
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Yorkshire personal trainer cleared of causing motorcyclist's death by careless driving as he drove back from a football match
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Sussex man who crashed into house during high-speed police chase jailed: A Sussex man who crashed into a house during a high-speed police chase has been jailed.
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Thousands of Glasgow roads set to have speed limit cut: A consultant has proposed reducing the limit on 3,868 streets across the city - to 'create safer ...
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Two-second rule for avoiding potholes and what to do if you hit one: The UK is thought to have more than one million potholes. Now drivers are being told of the ...
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Wrexham's MP calls for 20mph speed limit to be scrapped: From September, councils across Wales will have the authority to reinstate 30mph on certain roads.
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Changes set to be made to dangerous Junction: The upgrades will take several weeks to complete
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Police with speed cameras outside Wyche Primary School: Malvern SNT were on Wells Road by Wyche Primary School to catch drivers going over the speed limit.
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Wales' 20mph overhaul to start in September but critics say 'nothing's changed': Transport secretary Ken Skates said the public will be encouraged to lobby their ...
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No referendum to be held on 20mph limits in BCP: NO referendum will be held over the controversial 20mph speed limit across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
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UK drivers told to follow different speed limit until 'it becomes official': The Alliance of British Drivers (ABD) is warning that until plans are formalised ...
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Road safety plea as driver in Kerry speeding at 103km/h in 50km zone: In a separate incident in the same area of Co Kerry, a car with its tax out of date by ...
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Kent not among UK speeding hotspots as data shows who speeds the most: Our county was found to have the second lowest ratio of registered vehicles to speeding ...
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Ministers can't U-turn on all 20mph roads in Wales for alarming reason: One local authority has already told residents not to expect wholesale revisions unless ...
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Darlington pupils’ voices heard in campaign for school 20mph limit: Pupils’ voices heard in campaign for 20mph limit outside village school
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Miner's Arms junction near Wells to be re-routed and slowed: The Miner's Arms junction near Wells is set to be re-routed and slowed down under new plans.
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M27 speeder caught in Mercedes at 54mph near Southampton: A Mercedes driver has been ordered to pay more than £1,700 by the courts after they were caught ...
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'At those kind of speeds everybody dies': Sheriff's warning to teenage 106mph speeder
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Newport Council says 'no' to 20mph public consultation: A Gwent council has said it will not hold a public consultation on the 20mph guidance or policy ...
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Speed limit to be reduced in village following fatal crash: A grandmother was killed while her daughter was seriously injured
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Driver caught reaching speeds of more than 70mph on 30mph road in West Lancashire
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Paid articlePaid M5 motorway sign confusion shows different speed limits: A baffled driver spotted two different speed limits on the overhead gantry and signs on the side of the ...
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Furious man slams door as he storms out of court after guilty verdict: Elias Gabbitas faced the judge directly and told him that the guilty verdict had convinced ...
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Wales to roll back 20mph speed limit on some roads after backlash : Ken Skates said in many areas ‘routes that shouldn’t have been included, were’.
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Multiple Cov drivers caught breaking speed limit on suburban street: Motorists were caught out on Broad Lane in a check by local police officers
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Latest speed camera locations for Hull and East Yorkshire: Enforcement officers will be visiting roads across the region
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Old Hutton 20MPH Zone enforced after council vote: THE COUNCIL is set to lower the speed limit in a Cumbrian village near Kendal.
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Mobile speed cameras locations in North Staffordshire this week: Staffordshire Police are once again sharing the location of its speed vans for the final week of ...
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Welsh government makes U-turn on decision to lower speed limits amid fierce public opposition
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National Highways apologises for A49 road markings blunder: NATIONAL Highways has apologised to drivers after incorrect road markings were painted on the A49 in ...
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Highland hotelier reported to police after YouTube video shows him allegedly driving at 100mph in Bentley
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Grandad killed by uninsured Jaguar driver driving at 'grossly excessive speeds': Steven Fisher had been speeding at around 77mph and accelerating hard just ...
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Road Safety: How To Avoid West Sussex's Potholes: Encountering potholes in the road while driving is almost inevitable, especially in West Sussex after the cold ...
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Cardross Main Road speed camera comes into force on Monday: £100 fine and 3 penalty points
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What people are saying about Wales' new transport minister's comments on 20mph: Transport minister Ken Skates has hinted at a change in the policy on 20mph in ...
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RAC calls for hard shoulders to return to smart motorways: A National Highways report published in December revealed that smart motorways without a hard shoulder ...
hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/24255944.rac-calls-hard-shoulders-return-smart-motorways/
Victory! Speed limit cut outside North Staffordshire school: Parents and teachers have been calling for the speed limit cut outside St Matthew's Church of ...
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Miner's Arms junction near Wells set to receive upgrade: A dangerous junction near Wells is set to receive major upgrades to improve its safety after two ...
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Yr Wyddfa bus, speed cams, and cycle lanes part of £20m transport package : Welsh Government has announced where money has been allocated
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Man who killed woman in A56 Accrington crash sentenced: The family of a woman killed by a dangerous driver in Accrington who was more than double the drink-drive ...
lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/24265268.man-killed-woman-a56-accrington-crash-sentenced/
Key detail about speed cameras every driver wants to know kept secret by police: West Midlands Police refused to answer the question on how speed cameras operate
birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/key-detail-speed-cameras-every-29023538
BMW driver heavily fined for speeding on A303 in Wiltshire: A MAN who was caught speeding along the A303 must pay more than £1.2k, a court has ordered.
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Cardross Main Road speed camera comes into force on Monday: £100 fine and 3 penalty points
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New UK 20mph speed limit rules coming with 'three places' prioritised: Nearly 500,000 motorists - half a million - demanded the rules for 20mph zones in Wales ...
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Unpopular UK driving law could be scrapped because it is 'anti-driver': Changes could be made to Wales' polarising 20mph zones after mass criticism of ...
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A303 works between Sparkford and Podimore to start this week: Works to build a new eastbound carriageway on a stretch of the A303 are set to start this week.
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Speeder caught breaking the limit on the A49 in Dinmore: A SPEEDER caught out breaking the limit in a Seat on a busy main road has been fined and given points.
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Protesters will use 20mph convoys in bid to show 'how bad things will get': The convoys are being organised as a motion goes before the Senedd calling for the ...
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UK speed limit rule could be axed as soon as next week: Speed limits could be dramatically changed in one part of the UK from next week as opposition politicians ...
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M27 speeder clocked at 70mph near Hedge End must pay £500: A driver has been ordered to pay more than £500 by the courts after he was caught speeding on the M27 ...
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Suffolk weather: County hit by strong winds and rain: Suffolk was battered by strong winds and rain yesterday which saw trees being felled ...
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15 vehicles caught speeding in police operation at Queensbury: Fifteen vehicles were caught speeding in a Bradford village in an police operation prompted by ...
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The 18 North Staffordshire mobile speed camera van locations this week: Staffordshire Police are once again sharing the location of its speed vans this week as ...
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New speed cameras in Surrey village after 11 crashes in just four years: The cameras are hoped to improve road safety in the village
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Speed limit on A14 Orwell Bridge near Ipswich due to winds: National Highways says the A14 Orwell Bridge, near Ipswich in Suffolk, will remain open today with a ...
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Connor Hornby sentenced for driving at three times legal speed limit: A MAN who attempted to evade police in a ten-minute pursuit was ‘fortunate’ not to have ...
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5 planning stories published in the Mail last week: THESE are the planning and development stories from local government that we covered last week.
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I drive on the M6 regularly and always see motorists breaking one rule: The M6 often has variable speed limits through the West Midlands during rush hour but ...
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Temporary road closure between Cefn Coed and Dowlais Top: There will be disruption on the road in both directions all weekend
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Drunk driver Robert Brown killed pedestrian in Taynuilt then drove 65 miles with broken windscreen
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Transport Secretary agrees 20mph guidelines need to change, says MS: Carolyn Thomas, MS for North Wales, says she has discussed plans to revert roads back to ...
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Petition fighting plans to reduce speed limit on old A1 signed by hundreds: Plans to introduce a 40mph speed limit on the A199 between Haddington and Dunbar were ...
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‘How can they fix the posh end of the road first and leave the dangerous end?’: An angry villager has hit out that authorities for repairing the ‘posh end’ of a ...
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Drivers warned not to turn headlights on too soon: The clocks going forward has meant that many could be wrongly putting their headlights on too early
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I was nearly killed on run with dog through village, says TV adventurer: BEN Fogle has told how he was almost killed by a delivery driver while out running ...
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Speed cameras in South Wales monitoring 20mph speed limit: See the full list of "enforcement sites" in south Wales where speed cameras will be in place ...
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Lancashire driver who took police on a 120mph speed chase on the M65 arrested for five offences
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'Someone's going to die' - Brunshaw residents make urgent appeal to Lancashire County Council to help drive out speeding in a Burnley road
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Spike in Welsh drivers caught breaking 20mph limit as enforcement steps up: There has been a large increase in checks but proportion of those breaking limit ...
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Limited support for default 20mph zones from North Yorkshire mayoral candidates: Only one of the six candidates contesting to become York and North Yorkshire’s ...
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