Thread: Petition - motorway speed limit should be 90MPH

Hi everyone i just wanted to create more awareness of this petition.

Petition to: Change the speed limit to 90. | Number10.gov.uk

Remember is is an official petition so with enough people it will make a difference.

well im not signing already enough deaths on our roads and who has forgotten pedestrians have right of way not motorists

if u think going faster gets u to destination quicker u are wrong

well said bankfodder and i would be first to sign yours

the highway code is updated every 7 years and each time there has been 26 ameadments so on that basis when was the last time we read it

Originally Posted by pompeyfaith

if u think going faster gets u to destination quicker u are wrong

How do you come to that conclusion?

I drive on motorways for a living. The standard of driving by some people is appalling. There is a huge difference between 70mph and 90mph. The time to increae the speed limit is when people can be trusted to drive as they were taught. For example not to overtake on inside, not to sit so close behind my van I cant see them in my mirrors. Or show rspect to road workers when there is a reduced speed limit. Then of course the best bit not to use their mobile phones whilst driving. I have driven in Germany the roads will have been built for the speed limits and driver training and attitudes will be different. So no I will not sign a petition until other drivers behave properly! Perhaps tommorrow morning on the M25 and M4 everything will be different I might then reconsider but I am not holding my breath.

ditto CA back in the early yrs there was not the hazards we have now

Exactly, try travelling along M27 in rushhour and stopping on the Gosport side on the hill in traffic. I wouldnt fancy someone coming up behind at 90mph.

CA i do it every day as the M27 is my patch of mway whitely and fareham north is mayhem too

The two old chesnuts on this subject are as follows. "I only speed when it is safe to do so". Or, "what about 2 in the morning on a deserted motorway." Unfortunately in relation to the first chesnut, drivers dont always seem able to pick the right time. To the second a nightime motorway is just as dangerous. In fact many serious rtcs occur at night made more serious because of speed. To be honest a motorway will never be hazard free. If you approach a bend or exit/entrance at 90mph it might not give you time to react. If the lorry you overtake has a blow out then to control your vehicle at 90mph will require a lot of skill. If you are in the centre lane overtaking a foreign LGV then you better hope you are not in their blind spot at 90mph. The bottom line is if you look around would you be happy for people to drive nearly 20% faster the way they drive at the moment?