60 MPH Motorway limit scrapped.

[Corbeliere]

This should please a lot of folk; http://www.carsite.co.uk/news/article/government-s...

[youngsyr]

article said:

...Their intention is to cut emissions and therefore reduce air pollution.

...The Highways Agency had suggested that sections of the M1 and the M3 would be brought under the 60mph control between 7am and 7pm.

Presumably cars only pollute at speeds between 61 mph and 70 mph and between the hours of 7.01pm and 6.59am?

[SamR380]

Good news for once. The M1 around Sheffield has had a reduced speed limit for what seems like years now anyway. If a reduced limit was going to reduce emissions it would have demonstrated itself by now.

[Fastdruid]

article said:

Ministers have instructed the Highway Agency to find an alternative means of reducing air pollution as they deem the current proposals to be unacceptable.

Seeing as the problem is nitrous oxides the alternatives are simple. Ban diesels except Euro 6 compliant ones between 7am and 7pm.

[youngsyr]

Fastdruid said:

article said:

Ministers have instructed the Highway Agency to find an alternative means of reducing air pollution as they deem the current proposals to be unacceptable.

Seeing as the problem is nitrous oxides the alternatives are simple. Ban diesels except Euro 6 compliant ones between 7am and 7pm.

Why, do they not pollute between 7.01pm and 6.59am?

[Fastdruid]

youngsyr said:

Fastdruid said:

article said:

Ministers have instructed the Highway Agency to find an alternative means of reducing air pollution as they deem the current proposals to be unacceptable.

Seeing as the problem is nitrous oxides the alternatives are simple. Ban diesels except Euro 6 compliant ones between 7am and 7pm.

Why, do they not pollute between 7.01pm and 6.59am?

Nope because they're mostly parked at those times.
(or I just copied the same time limits as originally proposed).

[Foppo]

Was a daft idea in the first place.60mph There is always one the bright spark..