Monday, March 21, 2011

National Speed limit lowered to 110km

The government recently lowered the national speed limit from 120 km/h to 110km/h.

Many people have labelled this a distraction and a revenue raising tactic....

Certainly Spain has more important issues to deal with and this measure is likely to catch driver out and therefore raise more revenue.

The goverment's claim that lowering the speed limit will increase fuel effiency by 15%. Motoring organisations claim that the figure is closer to 5%.

If the government wants people to use less fuel and raise more revenue, why not just increase fuel duty?

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