Dan Boyle - Green Party Suggestion - Reduce Speed Limits

zuroph

Again, if you read the reply, he states that he only did this to encourage debate, this was not a real proposal that he ever wanted to see become legislation.

BluntGuy

Well, that's all well and good.

However, I'd rather see a debate about some REAL legislation. As it is he has simply plonked a ridiculous proposal in front of us and expects us to discuss it. If he was serious about this, he would have given us a GOOD PROPOSAL to debate instead.

This kind of crap is very counter-productive and doesn't get us anywhere. It only serves to annoy a lot of people. We are not debating anything, we are simply ranting on about how awful the idea is. That isn't going to move things anywhere.

Lennoxschips

Steviemak wrote: »

In the states in the 70's they reduced speed limits from 65 to 55 to address the oil crisis at the time. All that happened was that the big car companies as a result didn't invest in fuel efficiency. i.e. short term gain. The speed limits were duly increased back to 65 and no change to cars were made. Meanwhile in Germany no speed restrictions were in place at all but the big car companies invested in diesel efficiencies and they are now at the cutting edge of the most fuel-efficient cars currently on sale.

No. The reason European cars have greater fuel efficiency has to do with with fuel tax. The tax on fuel in Europe is much higher than in the U.S., so European consumers were always more aware of fuel efficiency.

The big investment in efficient diesel didn't come from Germany either, but from French auto makers.

Calina

And on that note, I think a lock is required given that it would appear that the OP was based on some political trollery.