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Government speed Limit plans attacked
23rd April 2009, Page 8
23rd April 2009
Page 8
Page 8, 23rd April 2009
— Government speed Limit plans attacked
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Keywords :
Types Of Roads, Road Safety, Traffic Law, Road Transport, Dual Carriageway, Traffic, Overtaking, Politics
THE ROAD HAULAGE Association (RHA) has hit back at government plans to review speed limits on single-carriageway roads and introduce 20mph zones in urban areas.
RI-IA chief executive Roger King says: "Currently on single-carriageway A-roads, HGVs are limited to 40mph. This often leads to tailbacks of traffic behind trucks as motorists queue up to overtake. But at least there is a 20mph speed separation between HGVs and other road users.
He adds: "Under the new proposals that will become just lOmph — not enough of a cushion to allow safe, legal overtaking. What we propose is that HGVs be permitted to travel at up to 50triph as road conditions permit to allow traffic to flow at the new limit."