Speed cameras aiming to enforce 30mph limit
SPEED cameras are now being used on one of the city’s busiest roads.
A 30mph speed limit heading into the city on Manor Way is now being enforced via mobile cameras.
A change in speed restrictions – from 40mph to 30mph – was brought in place between Whitchurch railway station and Caerphilly Road roundabout.
The outbound
40mph zone.
Cardiff council was given permission to change the speed limit of the road from 40mph to 30mph in 2015 and implemented the speed changes in November 2017.
At the time the speed was cut, the council said that enforcement would only take place once all signs had been installed.
The decision to cut the speed was based on road safety.
At the time, a council spokesman route remains a said: “The reduction from 40mph to 30mph is designed to improve road safety following lane-width reduction works and the opening of new bus priority lanes on this stretch of road.”
The outbound is not subject to the same changes. From the same point where the 30mph limit starts inbound, it is 40mph, and when reaching the area by the M4 turn-off – remaining on Manor Way – it increases to 50mph, and then up to 70mph on the A470, before it reduces town further down to 50mph towards Pontypridd.
The city council has installed traffic cameras across the city which they say will improve conditions for drivers by clamping down on drivers using bus lanes, banned turns or loading bays.
The scheme has generated millions of pounds despite controversies.
These fines, however, will be administered by Go Safe, and any money generated by the fines will go to the UK treasury.
They say safety cameras are there in order to make roads safer, not to make money.
All fine revenue is passed to the Treasury.
Wales Road Casualty Reduction Partnership is funded by means of a grant from the Welsh Government with the remainder of operating costs from a grant via Police and Crime Commissioners for Wales, based on receipts derived from motorists who attend diversionary courses; for example; speed awareness courses.
Money is spent on driver education, engineering improvements and targeting enforcement.
THE brother of Wales manager Ryan Giggs has appeared in an advert for Paddy Power bookmakers making a series of not-so-thinly veiled jokes about his fallout with the former footballer.
Playing on the affair Giggs had with brother Rhodri’s wife, the advert pokes fun at their rivalry.
The advert begins with him saying: “I’m Rhodri Giggs, and I want to talk to you about loyalty.
“I’ve lived a loyal life, always drank in the same pub.”
As he approaches a pub, the barmaid asks if he would like a pint of bitter.
He responds: “Not any more, champagne please.”
Rhodri is then seen watching Wales on the TV. His voice-over continues: “I’ve always supported my country” as the Welsh side appear to succumb to a heavy defeat – at which point Rhodri looks at the camera and smirks.
He is then seen in a gym at a punchbag. “Come on Rhodri, think of someone who makes you angry,” his instructor tells him.
He replies: “No one comes to mind.”
He finishes the advert by saying: “Loyalty gets you nowhere, live for rewards instead” as the advert promotes Paddy Power’s “rewards club”.