Proposal To Cut Motorway Speed Limit
Discussion
Highways England is planning on REDUCING the motorway speed limit from 70mph to 60mph on parts of the network in order to reduce emissions
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Totally pointless. You already have a 70mph limit which is ignored, so the 60mph limit will also be ignored.
But it may be part of the bigger plan.
https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/cars/1293465/...
But it may be part of the bigger plan.
https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/cars/1293465/...
There should be no doubts at all that this 'trial' will become blanket across the entire country.
It is all over folks, driving will become slow, uneventful and boring.
The issue I have with lowering limits and speed cameras to enforce them is how much it bunches traffic and causes problems with people merging - as I just saw on the A127 in Essex.
New 50 mph stretch on one of the straightest parts of it, we are all bunched up in both lanes...a few near accidents as drivers merging from left run out of space and choose to go for it rather than stop.
Of course, the other real worry here is once we have 60mph on motorways someone will argue the 40 and 30 limits need to follow suit.
Give it a decade and all you will be allowed to do is reverse everywhere at 10 mph.
It is all over folks, driving will become slow, uneventful and boring.
The issue I have with lowering limits and speed cameras to enforce them is how much it bunches traffic and causes problems with people merging - as I just saw on the A127 in Essex.
New 50 mph stretch on one of the straightest parts of it, we are all bunched up in both lanes...a few near accidents as drivers merging from left run out of space and choose to go for it rather than stop.
Of course, the other real worry here is once we have 60mph on motorways someone will argue the 40 and 30 limits need to follow suit.
Give it a decade and all you will be allowed to do is reverse everywhere at 10 mph.
This will cause more deaths not fewer. Motorways are the safest roads. The less incentive to use them, the more people will choose to use more dangerous alternatives. You know, places where you meet pedal bikes, and idiots on toy scooters.,
Of course, someone has told HE they must do something green, and this is something, so they want to do it.
Of course, someone has told HE they must do something green, and this is something, so they want to do it.
mac96 said:
This will cause more deaths not fewer. Motorways are the safest roads. The less incentive to use them, the more people will choose to use more dangerous alternatives. You know, places where you meet pedal bikes, and idiots on toy scooters.,
Of course, someone has told HE they must do something green, and this is something, so they want to do it.
About as green as you can get.Of course, someone has told HE they must do something green, and this is something, so they want to do it.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-51366...
NMNeil said:
mac96 said:
This will cause more deaths not fewer. Motorways are the safest roads. The less incentive to use them, the more people will choose to use more dangerous alternatives. You know, places where you meet pedal bikes, and idiots on toy scooters.,
Of course, someone has told HE they must do something green, and this is something, so they want to do it.
About as green as you can get.Of course, someone has told HE they must do something green, and this is something, so they want to do it.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-51366...
I can understand lowering the speed limit to improve air quality for the existing houses next to the motorway or A road. What I do not understand why the new housing developments are still allowed next to the busy road, when they know full well that people will complain about air and noise pollution. North Wales is the good example: A494 has 50mph enforced by average speed cameras and is constantly gridlocked at the merging point.
stressfree said:
I can understand lowering the speed limit to improve air quality for the existing houses next to the motorway or A road. What I do not understand why the new housing developments are still allowed next to the busy road, when they know full well that people will complain about air and noise pollution. North Wales is the good example: A494 has 50mph enforced by average speed cameras and is constantly gridlocked at the merging point.
This is one that really annoys me. People choosing to move next to something they dislike, but of value to the community, and then being allowed to damage or even destroy it it for their personal convenience. Like moving in next to Brands Hatch and then getting the use part of the circuit restricted to reduce noise. I mean it's invisible isn't it, they didn't choose to live next to a race track.stressfree said:
I can understand lowering the speed limit to improve air quality for the existing houses next to the motorway or A road. What I do not understand why the new housing developments are still allowed next to the busy road, when they know full well that people will complain about air and noise pollution. North Wales is the good example: A494 has 50mph enforced by average speed cameras and is constantly gridlocked at the merging point.
That is also why it is 50mph, BECAUSE of that merging point, if you are talking west to east. If you are talking east to west you also have; lanes move down from 3 to 2, and there is an entry road on the left, so effectively 4 lanes merge into two, over 100 yards or so.P.S. it is never ‘constantly grid-locked’ in my experience. I have travelled it frequently and it was usually a steady 55mph through it. To clarify, that is not North Wales, per se. It is NE Wales/Cheshire.
bad company said:
Highways England is planning on REDUCING the motorway speed limit from 70mph to 60mph on parts of the network in order to reduce emissions
Please sign and share:-
https://eco-central.co.uk/petition/sign-our-petiti...
So presumably EVs are exempt from a lower limit, if it’s due to emissions.... Please sign and share:-
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