In 2012 The Gov Was Talking About 80Mph Speed Limit On The Mw/dc

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.driving.co.uk/news/drivers-warned-to-stick-to-70mph-as-motorway-speed-cameras-arrive-by-stealth/
Now it's wealth by stealth, what happenned?

[Old_Geezer]

Sometime you get folk who have a modicum of sense. But it's an aberration and the '"don't be daft and spoil the cash cow victim scams" get in, and things are back to normal.

[jno]

what, somebody's enforcing the law? What an outrage! The law is only for little people, not for owners of German cars.

[ToraToraTora]

I also have a japanese car jno.

[ichkeria]

Of course, one could always stick to the 70mph speed limit, and the "cash cow" would be still born.
We all know that upping the speed limit to 80 would mean the 80-mphers shifting up a gear to 90 - and so on ...

[Ellipsis]

What's outrageous is publicly endorsing faster motorways and pretty much saying 80mph is OK when the national speed limit applies (not under speed restrictions), then quietly installing speed cameras to catch people doing over 70mph without making any announcement on your change of heart.

The problem with all speed limits is that an appalling driver that would only just pass the eyesight test and has the reaction time of a striking earthworm won't be caught (but may be killed, or kill others) doing 70mph in terrible conditions, whereas a great driver with superb judgement could be snapped doing 80mph on a well lit empty road.

The 70mph limit was imposed in December 1965 and made permanent in 1967. I think things have changed a little since then. I have no problems with speed limits on other roads, but the motorway speed limits are a joke. Motorways are built for speed - as the article says ...

"This, say critics, fails to take into account that motorways were designed with speed in mind. Opposing carriageways are separated by central reservations and crash barriers; traffic joins from slip roads — there are no junctions, roundabouts or traffic lights; the roads are free from learner drivers, cyclists and other slow-moving road users. As a result, motorways are mile for mile the safest roads."

[Old_Geezer]

And then when they take it down to 20 mph one could always stick to the 20mph speed limit, and the "cash cow" would be still born. And 10 mph. And ....

In a democracy laws will be what the people want not imposed and used as a money maker.

[TWR]

Although I do not condone speeders T.T.T. If everyone stuck to the speed limit, I'm sure the Motorways would be Bumper to Bumper.

[factor-fiction]

On those stretches of motorway (e.g.M25) where the speed is restricted to 50 or 60 I find the traffic flow has improved.