I hope this is a wind up!

May I suggest that we do not panic until it is reported in a news-rag of repute?

Perhaps the Times?

Overall I seem to remember that my driving instructor, many years ago,  saying "drive to the extent that you can see" meaning adjust your speed according to conditions, be they foggy, crowded, passing a school or on a motorway etc.,

That is how I drive today with the safety of everyone around in mind.

Shame is I got caught doing a ton+ on an empty M25 at 04.00 in the morning in my early motorcycling days. Oh well!

Having pulled out of my drive, on a bend, with a speed limit of 20mph, for the very good reason that 30+ is dangerous, how delighted was I to be hooted at? I gave my own, by now familiar, long hoot in reply., a response which the miscreant was doubtless confused over. I acknowledge that car speedometers are calibrated to under read, and that the majority of us exceed published limits on occasions. But it takes real ignorance to hoot at others when the driver’s offence rests with exceeding a published limit on a semi blind bend.

Redface, Actually it was reported in the Times!  The Chief Officer concerned was the traffic lead to the ACPO (Association of Chief Police Officers) committee on traffic matters. It was reported that he was indeed recommending that the 10% plus 2 MPH leeway that has existed for many years be abandoned and that Chief Officers of their respective forces be enabled to undertake prosecutions from 1 mph over the various speed limits that exist.

I understand that his ACPO colleagues did not consider that the recommendations of that committee should be adopted.  It is important to realise anyway that ACPO recommendations are not law but merely provide advice to the member Chief Officers which in turn brings uniformity across the Country, In all aspects of Police enforcement and good practise.

It is also important to understand that UK roads are in any case some of the safest in Europe, and across the World in General.  Had that not been the case it is likely that ACPO would have taken a different view.

Other matters such as Violent Crime and in Particular Knife crime are seen as more pressing.

TF