The Times reported yesterday that “Speed cameras are to be installed on large sections of the motorway network under a government plan to reduce congestion and vehicle emissions by cutting and strictly enforcing the speed limit at peak times.

The plan was announced as the Department for Transport published forecasts that congestion will rise by at least 28 per cent by 2025. It believes that “active traffic management” — in which the speed limit varies according to the conditions — will be a cheaper way of accommodating rising traffic levels than widening motorways.”

This is nuts! The last time I drove from Berkhamsted to central London, it took 2 hours - a distance of 25 miles or so. How is a 40mph speed limit going to help? Come on, get on to your MP and bully the hell out of them. Lets build some basic economic infrastructure - Maglev, CargoCap, High Temperature Gas Cooled nuclear reactors. Anthropomorphic global warming is a load of bollocks, but that’s no reason not to get rid of dirty, smelly trucks, vans and taxis, and get the country moving again.

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