Examples in other countries where this has been done suggest that this is not the case. There are even cases where raising the speed limit actually reduced average travelling speed. Most drivers are more concerened about their necks than the law. So if raising a speed limit raises speed, it probably means that the speed limit was too low and that safety will not be adversely affected.
And most will know that and won't do it.
90 mph limit for motorways. 1027If you want speed limits to be taken seriously, they should only be applied where it is actually dangerous to exceed them! Otherwise, people WILL regularly exceed them...
And most of those criminals don't have accidents either. They get away with it! Good grief, think of the children!
But sooner or later, some petty bureaucrat or camera group, once people stop speeding on other roads and revenue drops, will see the potential for making money out of this, and then they will try to enforce the 70 limit. So lets have a 100mph limit instead, or better still, no limit at all. I doubt that many prople would drive any faster than they do now.
After all, 85mph on a moptorway is an illegal speed. So is 130mph, and if you are in for a penny you are in for a pound. Yet I see very few drivers doing 130mph on our roads, even though a lot of quite ordinary cars can achieve that speed.. Why? Becuase it is usually not safe to do so, and most drivers value their lives. The sdditional threat of a fine means nothing in comparison.
Martin
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