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Why has the speed limit changed over the last hundred years in Great Britain?
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∙ 14y ago
There use to be no speed limit on motorways in UK, as more and more people bought cars, and cars could go faster and faster. There were growing accidents on the roads, many of which were fatal due to the cars of the time not being built for safety.
A growing number of super cars were also being built which could exceed 150 mph and sports car makers were testing them on the motorways of UK.
The government was not comfortable with the speeds of these cars, so they introduced a national speed limit of 70 mph in 1965 while they considered their options. A few years later it was concluded that the 70 mph limit had lowered serious accidents, and it was then made permanent.
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