86mph? No problem!

[R1Geezer]

According to the front page of the Mail, we won't be fined for 86 on a motorway. A common sense move or precursor to death and destruction?

[RATTER15]

I would say less deaths, let the fast boys get on out of the way!

[Purple_Popple]

Common sense, the autobahns in Germany are a good example....but why is it 86mph? why not 80 mph?

[sara3]

I agree with RATTER, I'll gladly get out of your way ;o)

[SeaJayPea]

You can avoid points, perhaps. But you've to go on a speed awareness course at a cost of £100 and several hours of apparent boredom.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13022347

[ABerrant]

Caught driving at 86mph (raised from 79mph) will not be free of any cost to the offender. The choice is from three options:

£60 FPN plus points
£100 Speed Awareness course
Prosecution in court.

[gsr600]

i done 100mph+ on a motorway & an A road yesterday & didn't get fined,
maybe cos i didn't get caught YET.
but there was talks of raising motorway speeds to 80mph again, but most are going slower than 70mph to save fuel, so i think now it is pointless for most,
they should also consider harsher sentences for repeat offenders for more serious driving offences

[TWR]

I would agree on the 80MPH on Motorways for cars due traffic,more often car's travels at that speed, but I honestly think that they should reinstate the HGVs to 60 like it used to be, there was no clogging on middle lanes, coaches should also be allowed back into the outside lane. did you see this build up of traffic prior to the HGV 56mph? I know not as I was driving the things.

[gina32]

nothing clever in doing 100 mph

[Coldicote]

Like many other aspects of life today law breaking is getting too frequent for the means of dealing with it, so soft option alternatives to prosecution have to be found.

[annie0000]

Honestly how can people afford the petrol to drive at these kind of speeds? I've noticed that traffic is definitely getting slower because people are trying to conserve fuel.

[Milvus]

The calculation is 10% of the speed limit plus 9mph. In a 30 limit that means 42mph. That's wrong I think

[R1Geezer]

annie if poor people can afford to drive then fuel is far too cheap

[bimbo123456]

Never mind speed limits on Motorways. What about taking the speed restrictions off at night...it is stupid going 50 when there is NO TRAFFIC? And while they're about it what about turning off traffic lights in rural areas between 1.00 and 4.00 say?

[S_C]

It is highly unlikely that speeds on the motorways will be increased legally due to the fact that most cars run at there best fuel economy at approx 60 MPH , with the polution problems caused by traffic, and europe expecting all member countries to lower their polution levels it would be unlikely that any rise in speed limits will be forthcoming.
It has been the norm for most cars to be able to travel quiet safely at speeds of upto 100 MPH for a sustained period of time , however this does not allow for the usual cause of accidents " human error " , this combined with poor maintenance and older vehicles " usualy owned by newer / younger drivers" with less experiance could ead to more accidents " if limits were increased.
When this is considered it should be noted that running at much slower speeds than optimum performance levels also increases the polution levels put out by vehicles per mile. So even with the current speed limits such things as speed " bumps " also known as sleeping policemen will be causing higher polution as cars decelerate and then increase speed. These combined with the single file traffic on some inner city " smaller " roads will be causing greater polution. These are all done in the hope of forcing the car owner of priate transport to public transport, which we all know is ineffective and well below standards that private transport can offer.
The price of fuel and its continued increase only goes to make everything else more expensive as there is nothing we use that does not require some form of transport.

I dont expect everyone to agree with this , however i also hope this has added to the thinking along these lines, and maybe will increase this debate .

[sigma]

"Never mind speed limits on Motorways. What about taking the speed restrictions off at night...it is stupid going 50 when there is NO TRAFFIC? And while they're about it what about turning off traffic lights in rural areas between 1.00 and 4.00 say? "

I think the answer to that lies in your name

[puternut]

And is this just for the first time you are caught?

What happens at the second, third or 95th time you are caught??

[Milvus]

You are only allowed this option once in 3 years, otherwise back to normal rules