Welsh drivers advised against relying on sat navs

Additionally, he pointed out that people’s adherence to 20mph limits is currently not very high. He suggested that it might be more effective to focus on implementing these limits in areas where they are most essential, like residential neighborhoods or streets with lots of pedestrians.

“Even if compliance with new 20mph limits is poor, it should lead to an overall reduction in speeds which will have a positive effect on road safety,” Mr Williams.

Reports indicate that in areas like Conwy, Gwynedd, Newport, Torfaen, Wrexham, and Flintshire, certain new speed limit signs have been vandalised. On the other hand, the Welsh Conservatives, who oppose this change, have brought attention to government estimates suggesting that longer travel times could have economic costs for the country, ranging from £2.7 billion to £8.9 billion.

Mr. Drakeford has responded to worries about how the enforcement of the new speed limits will be carried out.

“It is not a change that is being introduced in order to make life difficult for people and therefore the enforcement authorities will approach it in that way,” he said.

“The approach will be a reasonable one in which we give people a chance to get used to the new regime.

“And then, as the police say, people who flagrantly and deliberately are not prepared to obey the rules that everybody else will be following, then that will be a different matter.”