Speed Limit Reform Bill

A bill to raise the national speed limit in the United Kingdom.

BE IT ENACTED by The Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Commons in this present Parliament assembled, in accordance with the provisions of the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-

1: Definition

(1) For the purposes of this bill, the national speed limit shall be defined as the maximum speed at which any car, motorcycle, car-derived van and dual purpose vehicle is allowed to go on a dual carriageway or a motorway with two lanes or more.

2: Reform

(1) The national speed limit shall be raised from 70 miles per hour, to 80 miles per hour.

(2) The national speed limit will only be raised to the proposed limit in areas where the current 70 miles per hour speed limit is in place.

(3) The maximum speed which vehicles towing caravans or trailers of up to 7.5 tonnes, buses, coaches, minibuses smaller than 12 metres and goods vehicles over 7.5 tonnes will remain the same, as will the speed limit for single carriageways and built-up areas.

3: Offences

(1) Those who exceed the speed limit shall be liable for a civil infraction.

(a) This Excludes Police cars, Ambulances, Fire Engines, Ministry of Defence bomb disposal units, conveyance services, blood transfusion services, mountain rescue, mine rescue, radiation emergency services, coastguard services and lifeboat launching services when they are responding to an emergency. (2) If motorists exceed the proposed speed limit but were going at a speed within the speed limit 10% then they shall not be liable for a civil infraction if the motorist takes it to a legal challenge.

(3) If found guilty of driving:

(a) Between and including 81 miles per hour and 100 miles per hour then the guilty motorist shall be fined up to £150 and will receive up to 6 points on their driving license and have to attend a speed awareness course if they were going above 90 miles per hour.

(b) Above 100 miles per hour the guilty motorist shall be fined £300, banned from driving for 9 months and have to attend a speed awareness course.

4: Commencement, Short Title and Extent

(1) This Act may be cited as the Speed Limit Reform Act 2015.

(2) Shall come into force 6 months after the day it is passed.

(3) Shall apply to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

The Second Reading

This bill was submitted by the Honourable /u/cptp28 MP on behalf of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition.

Voting on this motion will end on the 9th of September at 10pm BST.

Vote Aye, Nay or Abstain. Comments with anything else will be deleted. Comments that are edited will be void and not counted.