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Last week, British Transport Secretary Philip Hammond surprised everyone when he announced the government’s intent to raise the highway speed limit to 80 mph (128 km) by 2013, in order to cut travelling times, reduce pollution and reflect today’s reality.
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Not so Fast: UK Proposed 80mph Speed Limit only for Electric Vehicles?
Last week, British Transport Secretary Philip Hammond surprised everyone when he announced the government’s intent to raise the highway speed limit to 80 mph (128 km) by 2013, in order to cut travelling times, reduce pollution and reflect today’s reality.
However, earlier this week, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne had another surprise in store for UK motorists: while speaking on BBC’s Politics Show about the UK’s cut on carbon emissions, he said that the new 80 mph limit could apply only to electric vehicles!
Read more »- Montana State Lawmakers Want To Increase Daytime Speed Limit To 85mph
In September, Texas Transportation officials approved an 85 mph (137 km/h) speed limit on a 41-mile long part of the State Highway 130 that connects Austin and San Antonio. This is the highest speed limit in the US – and it seems that Montana...
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“Speed killsâ€, says the cliché. And so do most governments around the world that prefer to keep low speed limits and enforce them by planting thousands of cameras on the roads. Yet surprisingly, the UK government is proposing a new plan...
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The UK Department of Transport (DoT) intends to crack down on reckless drivers by granting its police force the power to issue on-the-spot fines for acts such as tailgating, undertaking (bad pun alert) and, “cutting up†other road users....
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