Government Confusion
The proposal to raise the speed limit to 80 mph is being explained as an initiative to boost the economy. But I’m not convinced that economic benefit is the real reason and nor it seems is Phillip Hammond, the Transport Minister, judging by his comments during a radio interview yesterday evening. He claimed the limit was to be raised for the benefit of the economy, because modern cars are capable of being driven at higher speeds more safely, the 70 mph limit was introduced nearly 50 years ago, because as most drivers exceed the present speed limit anyway it would bring them within the law.
Which is it and is it really necessary to do so?
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