Re-examine the facts around the 20mph Speed limits in Wales

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

𝟐𝟎 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 - need to see some more data, but car doing higher revs at 20mph
𝟐𝟎 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 - Around schools or housing estates but not everyone
𝟐𝟎 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 - £33m to implement and £4.5b

Re-examine the facts about driving at 20mph
Ask that the facts and data collected from the trial areas show to general public. "being hit at 20 is safer than being hit at 30" doesn't factor real-world logic there is a huge increase in distractions causing delayed reaction time
𝟐𝟎 𝐢𝐬 not 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐫
𝟐𝟎 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 higher revs lower gears used
𝟐𝟎 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 in some areas
𝟐𝟎 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭 not 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

Not the Government/Parliament’s responsibility

Your petition is about something that the Welsh Government and Welsh Parliament is responsible for. That means that the UK Government and Parliament can't look into it.

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Timeline

13 Sep 2023	Petition opened for signatures
15 Sep 2023	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 15 Sep 2023

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