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@Orko42
There are enormous economic benefits to be had by increasing the speed limit and shortening journey times.A. Of course it does, greater speed, greater fuel consumption - More tax paid.
More tax paid = better roads? Doubtful.
Greater fuel consumption = yet more bad stuff in the air we breathe
Greater speed shortening journey times = fucking genius that!
Now it is time to put Britain back in the fast lane of global economies = This is the same England that bailed out the bank of Scotland who just posted losses of 778 million, yet bonus payouts reach around 800 million in the same fiscal year? That Genius is back!
"What we are doing here, is bringing a lot of drivers who currently, routinely break the speed limit, back on the right side of the law - and that has to be a good thing." = Nope, it means they'll go 90 as standard (assuming raising speed to 80), nullifying any affect at legalising speeding (That's essentially what it is) = People will go faster, fact! (I say fact, completely unsubstantiated by anything other than fact - well that and Human nature!)
We would be strongly opposed to any policy that would increase deaths on the roads = Are these the same policy makers that want Cycle Super Highways all over the place, yet display a complete lack of road use understanding? That Genius is officially a twat.
(A petulant Thursday)