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• The 50mph speed limit being tested on the M25 could be the first of many restrictions to hit busy stretches of motorway, warns the RAC.
RAC campaign manager Richard Woods says a situation could arise when the limit would drop further to combat increased traffic flow.
The restrictions will be in force for 12 months on the south-west section of the M25. If successful they will be extended to other busy stretches of motorway around the country.
The Highways Agency hopes the restrictions, which have received wide ranging support, will increase traffic flow on the busiest section of motorway in the UK. It has not ruled out more reductions.
The agency says: "The aim is to get the best traffic flow from the optimum speed; at the moment we believe that to be 50mph."