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On Mar 14, 4:15=A0pm, Clive George  wrote: > On 14/03/2011 15:46, GT wrote: > > > A very similar point to that of reducing the motorway speed when its bu= sy - > > too many cars and everyone slows down anyway - reducing the limit just = makes > > sure that traffic can't make good progress when it does clear! > > Not true - it increases the capacity, at a guess by smoothing the flow > of traffic. > > Sure, if it's not cleared when the traffic has gone away, then it's > counterproductive, but I'm guessing Mr Firth might have something to say > on that subject.

So even you see a downside to speed limits being set unnecessarily low. A good example of how you're different to Chapman, Jackson etc.