Anyone else seen this plan to reduce the speed limit to 60 on the M1

I think it's a great idea, I mean, clearly Derbyshire is one of the most polluted parts of the UK.

 

I used to live near Buxton and the air quality was terrible compared to that there London.

 

And it obviously won't be policed by hundreds of speed cameras to raise funds will it

 

Tinsley, however quite possibly is...

Actually, one of the worst places in Britain for air pollution is Wellington Street in Leeds. Not sure if it has improved recently but at one point it was the worst place outside <strike>London</strike> Buxton

 

Ah let's further slow down the main artery from the south to north in the 7th largest economy in the world. It's same on the way to Leeds. They've been farting about with improving the safety barrier for months. I only ever see a handful of workers. About 10 miles of 50 mile an hour average speed cameras. They simply do not care. I'd love the folk who think these things up to go sit in the queues at 7/8 in the morning on there.

 

surely 10 downing street must be the most polluted place in the UK the amount of sh.1t that walks through that door

 

I'll take a wild guess and say that's probably more to do with BOC and it's constantly burning chimney, the dozens of other factories etc that surround tinsley, the thousands of cars that are at meadowhall, the fact that yodel/dhl have one of their main distribution centres there with a huge fleet of lorries shunting around 24 hours a day and very little really to do with cars going 10 miles per hour faster than the government wants them to.

By their logic every part of the M1 would have the same level of pollution but it doesnt

We all know the real reason and that is to slow down north/south traffic as much as possible to con people into believing that we need the white elephant known as HS2

 

To be honest not many drivers take notice of the speed limit now

 

the only ones who do are the people who cause the pollution on the M1 and that is the HGVs who are limited to below the 60mph proposed limit anyway

 

Minister of Disinformation, BOC haven't got a chimney.

 

Spot on. It's a joke

 

Anybody that's traveled to Leeds on a morning through the roadworks will know what hold ups this will cause.It drops to 50 there but it's still 3 lanes and on a morning it's just a big car park. Not sure that this will help the pollution problem

Still with all the cameras that will get installed they will make a few readies when it's a bit quieter and the traffic manages to get a bit of a move on.

 

It's a brilliant idea, if policed correctly it will actually increase the average speeds

 

What annoys me about these 50 mph zones is all the cars run at 50 mph and the hgv's want to weave their way thro the traffic at 55.

 

Do you actually drive on the motorway. If they want to try anything try it up North wher it does not affect us down South. The M1 is currently tied down to 50mph in the area stated,. An absolute joke. They are putting in new concrete central reservation. No qualms with that but to do a long stretch at once is stupid From M18 down to just before A38 60 mph will cause bunching which is when all the traffick bottlenecks. Very dangerous and all nose to nose and lots of braking.
Most motorists on the motorways do 70 and the police turn a blind eye at 80 every one is comfortable with it. So to drop it to 60 with a lame excuse is a Joke

 

Brilliant

 

60 mph, what a joke. Like someone else says, flies in the face of their wanting to speed up arteries to the north.

 

Fking stupid idiots.

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