Proposals to increase the motorway speed limit by 10 mph Any potential economic benefit is likely to be outweighed by the adverse effects on health

摘要

By 2013 the speed limit on motorways in England and Wales could increase from 70 mph (113 kph) to 80 mph if the coalition government has its way. Its stated aim is to achieve "hundreds of millions of pounds of benefits for the economy," and it dismisses concerns about health consequences, claiming that advances in car safety have resulted in deaths on British roads falling by more than 7 5 % in the past 5 5 years and that almost half of all drivers break the current limit anyway. Are they right to dismiss these concerns so lightly?