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So Highways England will be trialling a permanent 24/7 60mph speed limit on some sections of the M1, M5, M6 and M602.
These sections highlighted have NO2 levels exceeding the legal limits. The idea is that cars travelling at 60mph is better than cars travelling at 70mph for emissions.
Surely this is slightly flawed and not really going to make much of a decrease in these levels at all is it?
I'm guessing commercial vehicles contribute the most and are already limited to 60mph or less anyway. With more EV's on the road and a trend of a growing number of EV's producing zero emissions.
So does that mean an EV can do 70mph no problem as there is no emissions issue with a zero emission EV?
So already we see 3 lanes of commercial traffic in 4 lane sections and with cars travelling at 60mph max in the only other lane. So are we not going to find a.max speed of 60mph but likely less most of the time.
I don't see that this is really an air quality issue or very good solution. It isn't a safety issue or solution. So isn't it just another stealth tax to extract fines from motorists to generate revenue?
I came home from Ashfors the other week late at night. The M25 was closed twice for two junctions and one junction. No roadworks and a combination of road sign speed limits of 40/50 and overhead gantry smart motorway speed limits of 40/50/60 in the dark flipping from one to the other is very very confusion and difficult to keep up with.
It is starting to become a bit of a joke surely and actually creating more dangerous situations. After my smart motorway speed contrevantion/fine at midnight on the M1 last year I now brake from 70mph to 40mph when I see these signs. This was advised as OK to do by the Police when I asked! Clearly not very safe.
These sections highlighted have NO2 levels exceeding the legal limits. The idea is that cars travelling at 60mph is better than cars travelling at 70mph for emissions.
Surely this is slightly flawed and not really going to make much of a decrease in these levels at all is it?
I'm guessing commercial vehicles contribute the most and are already limited to 60mph or less anyway. With more EV's on the road and a trend of a growing number of EV's producing zero emissions.
So does that mean an EV can do 70mph no problem as there is no emissions issue with a zero emission EV?
So already we see 3 lanes of commercial traffic in 4 lane sections and with cars travelling at 60mph max in the only other lane. So are we not going to find a.max speed of 60mph but likely less most of the time.
I don't see that this is really an air quality issue or very good solution. It isn't a safety issue or solution. So isn't it just another stealth tax to extract fines from motorists to generate revenue?
I came home from Ashfors the other week late at night. The M25 was closed twice for two junctions and one junction. No roadworks and a combination of road sign speed limits of 40/50 and overhead gantry smart motorway speed limits of 40/50/60 in the dark flipping from one to the other is very very confusion and difficult to keep up with.
It is starting to become a bit of a joke surely and actually creating more dangerous situations. After my smart motorway speed contrevantion/fine at midnight on the M1 last year I now brake from 70mph to 40mph when I see these signs. This was advised as OK to do by the Police when I asked! Clearly not very safe.