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A confusing justification for introducing an 80mph limit

David Metz - Centre for Transport Studies, University College London, London, WC1E
21 October 2011
 

You report the Government’s intention to consult on raising the motorway speed limit to 80mph.

Philip Hammond says: “Increasing the speed limit on motorways from 70 to 80 miles per hour for cars, light vans and motorcycles could provide hundreds of millions of pounds of benefits for the economy.” But noting that half of drivers currently break the 70mph limit, ministers believe that raising the limit to 80mph would mean that millions of otherwise law-abiding motorists would...

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