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Half of all motorists “break the law by speeding” (26 August 2014)

Date: 26/08/2014
Duncan Lewis, Crime Solicitors, Half of all motorists “break the law by speeding”

Motorists are ignoring speed limits on roads in town centres and on motorways and are gradually pushing up existing speed limits, according to new data from the Department for Transport (DfT).

Last year, 47% of cars, 46% of motorbikes and 48% of vans broke the 70mph limit in free-flowing traffic, the Daily Mail reports.

Even in areas where speed limits are much lower than motorways, drivers are still travelling too fast and exceeding 30mph speed limits.

Previous government road safety campaigns have warned of the dangers of speeding, especially in built-up areas where children or pedestrians may suddenly move out into the road to try and cross.

Motorists reducing their speed by as little as 5mph can mean the difference between a child surviving a road accident and being killed.

The government is to increase the speed limit from 40mph to 50mph for HVGs travelling on single carriageways – DfT figures show that 73% of HGVs break the speed limit.

However, there are no plans to review speed limits nationally, the government says.

A proposal to raise the motorway speed limit to 80mph was abandoned after the post of Transport Secretary passed from Philip Hammond to Patrick McLoughlin.

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