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Originally Posted by
Zigenare
How will that help congestion?
Feck me that sounds like a Labour manifesto pledge - we're going to raise the speed limit to 180mph, you won't be able to reach that speed because we don't have the road infrastructure to support it!
How will that help congestion?
I didn't say it would. But I believe that allowing commercial vehicles to travel at the speeds they do does nothing to increase safety levels. I've travelled many miles on our motorways and most of the idiotic scenes that I've seen are down to commercial vehicles being able to travel at less than safe speeds.
How often have you seen a small transit pickup illegally thundering down the outside lane of a three lane motorway whilst trailing an air compressor on a two wheeled axle, bouncing merrily back and forth, let alone a large car pulling a caravan at 70 mph? It's almost a daily occurrence from what I can see. Now if such vehicles were restricted to 40 mph, then they'd be confined to the slow lane and not present such a hazard.
Last edited by JohntheBike; 17th December 2019 at 16:01.