The Govt today announced an increase in the speed limit on single carriageway roads from 40mph to 50mph. New legislation will be introduced in the next few weeks and will take effect next year from April at the latest.
There is also a 6 week consultation starting now to decide whether to increase the dual carriageway limit from 50 to 60mph. If agreed this will become law at the same time as the above.
Time to edit the CPC slides
Must be a reprint of the highway code due next year …
LGVTrainer:
The Govt today announced an increase in the speed limit on single carriageway roads from 40mph to 50mph. New legislation will be introduced in the next few weeks and will take effect next year from April at the latest.There is also a 6 week consultation starting now to decide whether to increase the dual carriageway limit from 50 to 60mph. If agreed this will become law at the same time as the above.
Time to edit the CPC slides
Long overdue, makes sense to me.
Paul 
3rd thread on this now. Can admin merge them all please
A9 will be a safer place then even better when its all duelled , ha! .
Victa1:
A9 will be a safer place then even better when its all duelled , ha! .
Scotland out of this game! 
So slooo doon as you come in to Scotland
Source: gov.uk/government/speeches/ … s-vehicles
The amended speed limit will cover single carriageway roads outside built up areas in England and Wales.
But Scotland is doing it’s own trials of this very thing on the A9, so won’t be far behind - it might even get there first!
th2013:
But Scotland is doing it’s own trials of this very thing on the A9, so won’t be far behind - it might even get there first!
Yeah a trial next year. It’s happening here next year.
I was just reflecting that apart from legal paperwork, this change requires virtually nothing to happen to signage, and only the UK would take 9 months to bring in a change that is effectively “ok lads, you can step on it now”
