Wales to ban dog in countryside?

[8x57]

VSS the blanket imposition might not affect you too much in rural north Wales but further south it's a complete pain in the arse.

 

[Jon P]

I haven't yet come across anywhere where there's been a "blanket" imposition of the 20mph limit, yet it was widely reported in the media at the time - and widely believed by people outside Wales - that that would be the case.
Hence my comparison with the current "ban dogs from the countryside" media reports.

Spend a bit more time in the south Wales valleys , some areas have average speed cameras in residential areas, so that pushed more vehicles onto the bypass - so they have now reduced the speed of them to 50 mph- now seeing mobile speed cameras working in pairs to cover both sides of the bypass to maximise the income revenue.

 

[VSS]

Spend a bit more time in the south Wales valleys , some areas have average speed cameras in residential areas, so that pushed more vehicles onto the bypass - so they have now reduced the speed of them to 50 mph- now seeing mobile speed cameras working in pairs to cover both sides of the bypass to maximise the income revenue.

Pushing cars onto the bypass is a good thing, and just the sort of positive spin-off one would have hoped for.
Whether the bypass speed limits are appropriate I can't really comment. As for the mobile speed cameras - I don't understand why you think it's to maximise revenue? If people adhere to the speed limit (which is presumably what they're trying to enforce) then their revenue is zero. So the ideal scenario is that they'd make no money at all.

Anyhoo, what about dogs in the countryside?

 

[Apthorpe]

It's turned out absolutely fine.

Does this mean that you personally din't object to it? Or does ut mean that the pklicy is a success? Because the fact is that the policy is a failure on its own terms. It hasn't created the safety benefits claimed, it creates greater carbon emissions and it has had more negative consequences than claimed.

And, given that your location is Middlesex, it's not your issue anyway.

That would be true if Weslh public spending wasn't subsidised by the English and if the Welsh bkrder was closed.. As it is, it's as much my issue as youts..

 

[Apthorpe]

Pushing cars onto the bypass is a good thing, and just the sort of positive spin-off one would have hoped for.

Why is it good for cars to have to make longer journeys taking more time and emitting more carbon?

Whether the bypass speed limits are appropriate I can't really comment. As for the mobile speed cameras - I don't understand why you think it's to maximise revenue? If people adhere to the speed limit (which is presumably what they're trying to enforce) then their revenue is zero. So the ideal scenario is that they'd make no money at all.

If that was their aim, they would not sneak around hiding the camera positions etc, and they would warn road users where the cameras are. It would also require that cameras are used in places where there is a verifiable lack of safety. The fact that they have prosecuted people who warn motorists where mobile cameras proves beyond any dispute that the primary intention is to make money.

Anyhoo, what about dogs in the countryside?