With the House of Commons Transport Committee meeting to discuss the motorway speed limit, it appears that, while there may be a new 80mph limit, it will not apply to all motorways.
The road safety minister, Mike Penning, told the MPs that his own view was that there should not be a new limit imposed on those stretches on motorway restricted to just two lanes. He added that the government would soon be consulting on whether a rise to 80mph would be viable but included in those deliberations would be which stretches should not be subjected to a speed limit rise.
He did go on to tell the committee that motorways have changed enormously since the time when the 70mph limit was imposed and, as well as two and three lane stretches, there are other parts which have four or five lanes, so an 80mph on some parts and 70 on others may be the way forward.
He also went on to say that if an 80mph limit was introduced it would have to be strictly enforced as he did not want drivers to have it in their minds that a new limit would mean they could go at 90mph. What are your views, are you in favour of a uniform limit of 70 or 80 or for it to be varied according to the road and the conditions. Surely the risk of having a variable limit is that drivers may get confused. Let us know what your views are.