{"id":114606,"date":"2025-05-19T14:59:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T14:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/114606\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T14:59:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T14:59:21","slug":"drivers-in-england-face-new-speed-limit-for-next-12-weeks-which-will-make-life-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/114606\/","title":{"rendered":"Drivers in England face new speed limit &#8216;for next 12 weeks&#8217; which &#8216;will make life hell&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drivers blasted the new speed limits, with one saying it was &#8220;a little bit dangerous and very frustrating for drivers&#8221;.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1747666761_899_0_speed-limit.jpg\" alt=\"Drivers in England face new speed limit 'for next 12 weeks' which 'will make life hell'\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Drivers in England face new speed limit &#8216;for next 12 weeks&#8217; which &#8216;will make life hell&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">M25 drivers must follow a new speed limit <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/motoring\/motoring-news\/warning-over-popular-new-type-31672947\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">on the major England motorway<\/a> -but road users are not happy. Drivers blasted the new speed limits, with one saying it was &#8220;a little bit dangerous and very frustrating for drivers&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">National Highways has warned that drivers can expect to face temporary speed restrictions along the M25 between J5 and J7, as well as J23 and J27. <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/motoring\/motoring-news\/warning-over-popular-new-type-31672947\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">National Highways have stated<\/a> that this is connected to testing Stopped Vehicle Detection (SVD) technology to the latest standards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">They have advised the speed limit will remain in place for &#8220;a number of weeks&#8221;. It means motorists and drivers face having to adhere to a new stricter 50mph limit &#8211; 20mph lower than what they are used to on the road in and around the capital city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/whats-on\/shopping\/new-rules-over-using-popular-31671021\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE New rules over using popular payment method in UK kick in on Monday<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">One driver hit out at the decision from National Highways to implement such a restriction. Another told Kent Online: &#8220;I think they are pointless, causing absolute havoc, everyone I speak to says how disruptive it is and it&#8217;s making everyone&#8217;s lives hell and very stressful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">One motorist fumed: &#8220;TOTALLY INCOMPETENT !!&#8221; A second agreed, writing on social media in the wake of the move: &#8220;The slower you go the more traffic more pollution the more you watch your speedo the more chance of a accident.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Exactly! I&#8217;ve witnessed the amount of traffic build up on the M25 when it goes down to 50mph. when it goes back up to 70mph the traffic runs much better!&#8221; another fumed online, with fury mounting as the restrictions kick in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A spokesman said: &#8220;Dedicated monitoring of temporary CCTV and free recovery will remain in place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Once the system meets our rigorous performance specification, the speed will be increased to the national speed limit. It&#8217;s important to note that from this point onwards further calibration continues as we go through a process of continual improvement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;When we can remove the speed limit is determined by when the newly installed system is performing to our specification, rather than a strict timescale.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;This usually takes around 12 weeks; we are working hard to reduce this and will restore the national speed limit at the earliest opportunity.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Drivers blasted the new speed limits, with one saying it was &#8220;a little bit dangerous and very frustrating&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114607,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5008],"tags":[748,393,4884,8955,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-114606","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-england","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-midlands-traffic-and-travel","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114535095887177113","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}