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SPEED LIMIT * UK - Increased on M42 hard shoulder
The Highways Agency has raised from 50mph to 60mph the speed limit for vehicles using the hard shoulder on one section of the M42
London,UK -Commercial Motor/Road Transport, by David Harris -28 March 2008: -- ... The measure is the latest move in the effort to ease congestion on motorways by allowing vehicles to drive on the hard shoulder... Since hard-shoulder running began on the M42, it has been monitore by traffic specialists who have now decided there would be no reduction in road safety with a higher speed limit... Roads Minister Tom Harris says: "Hard-shoulder running has proven to be a powerful congestion-tackling tool and we've announced our intention to develop similar schemes on the M1, M6 and M62"...
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