A road speed limit to rise

good stuff! plus a consultation on the same for dual carriageways. looks like only england and wales though! shame scotland didnt think ahead, got 3 points on the a1 near cockburnspath few weeks ago :-(

About time

Like every other ending-the-war-on-the-motorist measure proposed by this government I'll wait until it happens before I celebrate.

No need for celebrations, just do 50mph anyway!

Sorry Humper, I really want to sympathise but having seen the many shots you post in "views from your cab" I suspect lightning is more likely to strike than a copper with a speed gun where you drive........not jealous at all obviously!!!!

I drive for a supermarket (Tesco) and I asked about this yesterday and got told that no decision would be made until if/when the speed limit was changed

I thought the limit anywhere other than a 30 was 56mph anyway?

Time to get rid of the 56mph limiters...

Let the drivers actually drive the trucks properly

not sure if serious ?

on a serious point a lack of enforcement by the police, VOSA and many operators has led to the 40 mph speedlimit being ignord


to answer the popint of those moaning aobt A road speed limits 'plummeting' all those now 50s will , however have everyone doing 50 on them assuming the supermarkets don't decide to enforce a lower target speed (via tracking) for SCs - though that said they don;t enforce lower limits on DCs and even if the speedlimiter is turned down from 56 it;s 52/53/54

in terms of limiters - Absolutely remove the limiters from LGVs and PCVs however mandate independent GPS tracking and so on - be careful what you wish for an on-vehicle solution doesn;t create an impetus for remote enforcement and road pricing infrastructure to be put in place ...

Surprisingly there are quite a few.