Motorway speed limits may change

The new PM Lizz Truss hints that the motorway speeds may be reassessed. During her final election campaign she made the suggestion that she will be considering scrapping both motorway speed limits and smart motorways.

She was asked by a party member whether she would remove the 70mph motorway speed limit and let drivers decide a safe speed for themselves.
She replied with a simple answer ‘we need to be prepared to look at that. I cant give you a precise answer’.

Looking at other countries

Barely minutes into my first time behind the wheel of this rather funny-looking car, I burst out laughing, a grin spread a mile wide across my face.
I was expecting to enjoy my afternoon thrashing this nimble little off-road ride around the expanses of Betteshanger’s parkland near Deal. But I had absolutely no idea it would be this much fun.

The brainchild of Frenchman Pascal Rambaud, the SWINCAR e-Spider is designed to handle whatever you can throw at it across all kinds of terrain.
While I am chuckling maniacally to myself I am also getting a better and better feel for what this machine can do.
It’s battery-powered, with motors sending power independently to all four of its rugged wheels with just the slightest push of my thumb on the throttle.

To scrap or not to scrap

Truss may have made her remarks about the scrapping of speed limits. However previously the Conservatives put forward a plan to increase the speed limit to 80mph in 2011 and this was declined due to fears over environmental issues it would cause.

Only time will tell if Truss will get the backing to scrap the current speed limit.