cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/26116694
Even with the caveats about limited data and untangling causation and correlation, the statistics are striking: the first year of a scheme in Wales where the speed limit on urban roads was lowered to 20mph resulted in about 100 fewer people killed or seriously injured.
I believe all road users are bound to the same rules so if you are on a road bike you technically have to follow the speed limit, and if there is any traffic lights you also have to obey them.
Correction: cyclists arn’t obliged to follow the speed limit however they do have to obey traffic signs and traffic lights and also remain in the centre of the lane unless it’s safe to move to the left to enable a car to overtake.
The closest thing to speeding a cyclist can be charged with in the uk is “cycling furiously” or “wanton and furious cycling.”