Motorway 80mph limit back on the agenda !!!!!

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Yes! It's back on the agenda

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/life/motoring/articl...

Go eat that BRAKE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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The Mail on line has it as well

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budfox said:

I recall that last time it was on the agenda was just before an election.

Must admit I thought that as well. Seem to remember the Tories declaring the war on motorists was to end during the last election. Now we have extra cameras on motorways, no only for the so called managed sections, but will/are active when the the 70mph limit is active. Lots of dirty cars with ditto number plates to be popular I suspect.

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Spare tyre said:

On a typical weekday I'd imagine increasing the speed limit will actually bring down the average speed due to more wave affect braking and a bigger difference in speed between lorries and cars which will cause more accidents

Rubbish

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Blakewater said:

DukeDickson said:

Money, control and shouty people (both speed and environment related).
M60 implementation that's ongoing for the next 2+ years is an example of lots of money spent & plenty of misery to achieve little.

A friend of mine decided to go to the Trafford Centre for the sales after Christmas and spent seven hours on the M60 before managing to get out of the jam and come home.

Theoretically the smart motorway system will stop waves of traffic slowing and bunching up and will warn of dangers and congestion ahead, therefore making it safer to travel faster than you an on an ordinary motorway should the stretch you're on be clear enough.

Never yet seen a smart section of motorway working at all in the manner claimed.

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Get the speed camera detector working, and then see how quickly you can get from one to the next one !!!!

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kambites said:

mikeyr said:

robinessex said:

Spare tyre said:

On a typical weekday I'd imagine increasing the speed limit will actually bring down the average speed due to more wave affect braking and a bigger difference in speed between lorries and cars which will cause more accidents

Rubbish

Not saying this would happen but surely it's a bit more intricate than just saying "rubbish". Anyone know of of published studies on similar changes in other countries?

It's certainly not rubbish. The whole point of the variable speed limit on the M25 was that reducing the limit would increase traffic flow at peak times. It might work, too, if they ever actually got the limit set to the right thing at the right time.

It's been in place on the Heathrow section of the M25 for about 15yrs, and I've never seen any signs of it working, or of being any practical use. The motorway there seems to go from flowing to jam in about 30 minutes every morning and evening. The managed thing there is useless, and pointless.