Submitted on Thursday 13th October 2011
Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Don't increase speed limits on UK Motorways
Higher speed means: 1 much higher fuel use, which means more costly driving for individuals and higher emissions. Are goverment concerns about the environment just lies? 2 more accidents and more serious accidents. True, car and road technology have improved, but reaction times for drivers have not improved at all. 3 you don't just raise the maximum speed, it also raises the average speed of all cars, and makes it harder to drive at slower speeds, like 65. 4 more stop-start traffic flows, which may actually result in more jams and end up not cutting travel times at all.
Finally, ministers say police can't enforce the speed limit now so it's better to raise it. What on earth makes them believe it will it be any easier to enforce at 80 than at 70?
The environment will definitely suffer more.
Accidents will definitely increase.
And all for the sake of cutting average journey times by a few minutes.
Leave the National Speed Limit as it is.
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