OmOnWeelz said:
When most drivers exceed and drive in excess of 70mph, raising the speed limit would leave the police free to tackle real driving problems rather than thos who just want to get from A to B quickly rather than persecuting and treating drivers as ATM's
Chris, the police already don't patrol m/ways like they used to,and besides if you haven't noticed[maybe driving a tad too fast]
there is plenty they could be doing on the m/ways right now to make them a safer pleasant place to drive on.
Lets face it those that already speed on the Mways, just so happen to be those that are in such a rush, they leave it late to exit,so chopping up traffic, when they need to leave the Mway and normally they also bully their way from the outside lane to the exit lane in heavy stop start traffic! clearly not able to see all the slow and stationary traffic on the inside! who have in advance taken the appropriate and curtious action of thinking ahead and moving over when its there exit.
And we all know of places where this occurs daily. for me junction 21 Leicester, cars que for almost a mile to get off in two lanes! but the outside two lanes still have cars flying past and at the last minute shooting across 2 or even 3 lanes, pushing and bullying everyone else!
at the end of the M1 going into London is the same and the abuse you get if you dare to hold your own! by not leaving room or stopping to let them in is shamefull!
No, the police need to have a presence at these places first, and nick the lot of them till they learn how do drive properly or loose their right to drive.
Then the police can start on lane hoggers, and inconsiderate drivers of all types lorries cars bikes whatever.
Clearly the speed limits already too high if you deem the police could be doing other things, when they should be sorting out these little things, cuzz you seem to have not been effected by these repeatable actions and offences of the Fewish