70 on A roads seems fine to me tbh. It's a limit not a minimum requirement anyway, you don't have to drive at 70.
You should drive to the conditions and that includes the vehicle you're in, so if you know you're in an older car that can't steer, grip or brake as well as modern cars then slow down.
henryscat said:
A-roads have disproportionately high numbers of people killed and seriously injured for the amount they are used. The evidence is that reducing (and enforcing) a 50mph default speed limit rather than 60mph would significantly reduce the number of deaths, as the chances of drivers surviving in a collision at 50 are far far higher than at 60. The speed camera / revenue argument is to put it succinctly: bollocks.
Fair point, I accept that the lower the limit, and enforced or not it will reduce the risk factor of the road. I also appreciate that as the speed increases the risk factor increases at a disproportionally higher rate.
3 points to most people is a pretty big penalty, usually having financial implications for 4 years following the offence. The government/LA, however, little, if any, of this, so an extra £60+ a time is a nice little earner, and disproportionate to the cost of running the bloody things, in some places by an extreme amount. For me personally, the £60 is chicken feed in comparison to the extra it would cost on my insurance due to the SP30.