They are claiming it's dangerous to adhere to the legal limit because other drivers are doing double that.
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That's like the "We can't have gun regulation because criminals will ignore them, then they'll be the only ones with guns" argument, which is also bullshit.
The ones behind you won't
"I've never seen the roads so dangerous in my 39-year career," says Stuart Walker.
"No one was doing under 30mph in the 20mph zones, which meant training people to drive became really dangerous."
Wut. Shouldn't he blame those speeding that make the road dangerous in the first place instead of the limit?
Wait, Wales uses mph on signage?
The UK uses a mix of metric and imperial depending in the use (car speeds, people weight, food weight, etc)
T'is a silly place. Let's not go there.
They use freaking stones for people weight. I mean, what kind of measurement is a stone even? That's even worse than the demented imperial system.
England does as well.
...yes?
No, they use Welsh.
In one street of my neighborhood, drivers are going something like 40kph up the hill as if they're on a highway. Makes me wish for a couple humps to slow them down.