Increase the 70mph limit?

[Spellbound454]

The Department of Transport is to launch a consultation on increasing the speed limit on England and Wales' motorways from 70mph to 80mph.

Transport Secretary Philip Hammond said the current limit, introduced in 1965, was out of date due to "huge advances in safety and motoring technology".

The consultation begins this year with a view to raising the limit in 2013.

The Department for Transport says as many as 49% of drivers flout the current 70mph limit.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15116064
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A good idea?

[starlight07]

lol, yeah, good idea on a clear motorway...I know I love to speed...

[piropo2]

Cant see why not, 90% of the vehicles on the motorways exceed the 70mph speed limit, so why not increase it.

[Spellbound454]

80 mph is a good cruising speed for a motorway

If you go any slower you tend to get snarled up with the lorries

[piropo2]

Sept 30, 2011 16:25:11 GMT -5 Spellbound454 said:

80 mph is a good cruising speed for a motorway

If you go any slower you tend to get snarled up with the lorries

True, and lets face it the top speed on most cars now is well over 70mph, so they never get the chance to blow the cobwebs out of the engines these days, unless you want to risk getting a ticket, with all the cameras on the motorways tracking you every where you go. But that is another subject. lol

Just looked for a car on the smilies..................none, nada, please take note admin Im sure the guys would appreciate one or two

[pod 7]

Not a smilie car PIP but it has a smilie behind the wheel

[Royston Vasey]

Yes. 80mph is a sensible speed.