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Saturation coverage but no consensus on Hammond’s 80mph motorway plan

Government proposals to raise the motorway speed limit to 80mph split the media’s commentators, with the main focus of opposition being, perhaps surprisingly, increased fuel consumption. Rik Thomas reports

Rik Thomas
07 October 2011
The planned increase of the speed limit on motorways made the front page of no less than five daily national newspapers
The planned increase of the speed limit on motorways made the front page of no less than five daily national newspapers

 

On September 24 The Daily Mail scooped its Fleet Street rivals by being the first paper to announced that: “Motorway speed limits will rise to 80mph to shorten journey times and help boost the economy”.

“A consultation on the increase could be announced as soon as this month’s Conservative Party conference,” The Mail added, prophetically and, as it turned out, entirely correctly. “Police and authorities currently turn a blind eye to most motorists who drive...

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