Significant rise in motorists breaking 60mph speed limits on rural roads

There has been a significant rise in the proportion of drivers who admit to speeding on 60mph rural roads where more deaths occur than on any other road type, new RAC data has found. Nearly half (48%) of the 3,102 drivers questioned for the RAC Report on Motoring say they have driven faster than the […]

Motorway 60mph speed limits remain – despite no evidence that they work

Air pollution speed limits that force motorists to drive at 60mph should end, campaigners have said, after it emerged they have lasted twice as long as originally proposed without producing evidence they work. Drivers on stretches of the M1, the M6, the M5 and the M602 have been limited to a top speed of 60mph in a […]

GRAHAM keeps drivers moving during M11 works with 60mph safe speed limit initiative

An initiative to increase temporary speed limits during work on the new M11 Junction 7A has been implemented by contractor GRAHAM to improve driver experience and reduce delays during the works. The Highest Safe Speed directive, set out by National Highways, was introduced to safely maximise the number of roadworks standard schemes designed to the […]

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