[Chrislong]

The 70mph limit was created when most cars would struggle to reach it! The only reason it has not risen is the source of revenue by catching us speeding.

The speed which they catch us speeding is the speed limit + 10% + 2mph. So in a 70 limit it is 79mph. I recently got caught doing 36mph in a 30, and looked deeply into the in's and out's... this info came from a police forum.

With todays cars and radial tyres (rather than cross-ply) we can safely travel at 100MPH.

In Japan the cars are restricted just the same as motorbikes, and also the cruise control cannot be set at anything over 68mph. Japanese cars in the UK are usually chipped which derestricts all these limiters and also converts KPH to MPH.

If we were to have a speed governor fitted to our cars, it should only be made switcheable from under the bonnet for the purpose of track days, rolling roads etc...

I am all for transponderised speed governing, so the car can't exceed speed limits. We can still accelerate fast, but before this I think the speed limits on 80% of roads really do need reconsidering.... Rather than GPSing our cars and fine us for ever instance of exceeding the limit.

Chris