On roads with a 30mph maximum, 50% of car drivers break the law, says the annual DfT report on speed limit compliance.

Statistics published today by the U.K. Department for Transport (DfT) show that in 2022 85% of the car drivers in Great Britain broke the law by driving faster than the speed limit in 20mph zones. On roads with a 30mph maximum, 50% of car drivers broke the law, reveals the annual DfT report on speed limit compliance.

The measurements are based on speed data from a sample of Automatic Traffic Counters (ATCs) around the country. These exclude locations where external factors might restrict driver behavior, such as at junctions, on hills, beside sharp bends or where speed cameras are visible, says the DfT report.

  • essteeyou@lemmy.worldEnglish
    67·
    1 year ago

    Make them 30mph and then 85% of people will break the new speed limit. Keep it low and at least their speed is likely to be lower.

    Edit: This is not true as far as I can tell. Sorry.

    • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukOPEnglish
      51·
      1 year ago

      Yeah they cover that in the report:

      On roads with a 30mph maximum, 50% of car drivers broke the law

      I mean that’s still too high and there’s no need for it.

      edit: I presume the thinking is that if want 30mph, then you say 20 and the average speed is then under 30, which makes sense on small, narrow side streets but less so on the through roads they were surveying.