> Wales set to reduce default speed limit to 20mph in residential areasĪ spokesperson for the National Police Chiefs’ Council back up Calvert and King’s claims, noting that “enforcement is a matter for individual forces based on their consideration of risk and harm, but all speed limits are technically enforceable, including 20mph limits.” “In 2021, Avon and Somerset Police issued 23,338 notices of intended prosecution on roads with a 20mph limit.” “20mph limits are as enforceable as any other limit,” he said. Rod King, director of 20’s Plenty For Us, also branded Orpen-Smellie's comments as “absolute nonsense”. “20mph limits are there to improve safety and, just as importantly, increase the feeling of safety for vulnerable road users.” “Given the regular enforcement that takes place in other parts of the country, I will be very keen to hear more about the advice he has received from officers on the issue,” Liam Calvert, from Norwich Living Streets, told the Eastern Daily Press. > James May says 20mph is “plenty fast enough”, and hopes “change in attitude” can help end road sectarianismĭespite Orpen-Smellie’s call for a change in how the 20mph zones are handled in Norfolk, local road safety campaigners have said they are “amazed” at the claim that the zones are mrely “advisory”. “I am hoping for a change in the law because I get asked the question almost weekly: ‘There are 20mph signs about, why doesn’t the constabulary enforce them?’ They would love to.” “It’s therefore extremely difficult for the police to prosecute because, despite the 20mph sign, despite it being written inside a red circle – which normally indicates it has legal force – if it goes in front of magistrates they will throw it out, because there is no basis in law to prosecute. They are usually advisory, unless they are backed by specific law,” the police and crime commissioner said. I appreciate there are lots of 20mph signs displayed. “The minimum speed limit in law is 30mph. Responding to a member of the public’s concerns over why, according to recently published data, no motorists have been prosecuted for speeding in Norfolk’s growing number of 20mph zones, Orpen-Smellie responded that the issue was “more complicated than it seems”. Norfolk’s police and crime commissioner has come under fire from road safety campaigners after claiming that many 20mph signs are merely “advisory”, making it “extremely difficult” for the police to prosecute speeding drivers.Ĭonservative commissioner Giles Orpen-Smellie made the claim – dismissed by campaigners as “absolute nonsense” – at a meeting of Norfolk County Council last week, the Eastern Daily Press reports. Training everywhere we can ‼️□□ /N197Y0bgBM Like I said, the Giro’s going to be very good.Īnd, in case you were wondering, Remco and his teammates are still remembering to get in that all-important TT practice: That 23.8km effort beat Giro podium finisher Damiano Caruso’s previous KOM by FIVE and a half minutes, Tour contender David Gaudu’s time by almost seven minutes, and Thibaut Pinot by almost eight minutes. Earlier on the same day, he beat Romain Bardet’s time on another 6.3km climb by one minute, while on Saturday, he tackled the popular 27.2km climb of El Portillo, on the northern side of Teide, in 1.08:42. Tandis que Roglic domine ses adversaires en Italie, Remco Evenepoel s'entraîne en altitude à Ténérife, et n'est pas venu ici pour rigoler □□ /Mz3aujCqVSĪnd yesterday’s ride wasn’t the only KOM-busting session during Remco’s recent stint at altitude. Other famous names, such as Miguel Ángel López, Dylan van Baarle, and Pavel Sivakov, now all have at least four minutes to make up on cycling’s boy king. Evenepoel’s storming session saw the previous record, held by former Bahrain Cycling Academy prospect Jonas Hjorth, dismantled by almost two minutes, while Chris Froome’s time on Teide – set a few months before his almost career-ending crash at the 2019 Dauphiné – now sits almost three minutes down on Remco.
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