New call to drop speed limit on Tenerife Motorways by 10km/hr

[Canarian Weekly]

THE Ministry of Traffic is considering reducing the speed limits on single-carriageway roads in Spain by 10km/hr. Major trunk roads, with a hard shoulder of at least 1.5 metres (5ft) in width, generally have a 100km/hr limit imposed on them. That is consistent with many other European countries, including Britain, where the limit on single-carriageway [...]

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Dropping the speed limits again? can´t make up their mind can they..

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I think it would be a great idea if it was policed properly.

The recent reduction on the motorway was, in my opinion, a great success for the first few weeks til everyone began ignoring it.

Dawdlers were going faster and the boy racers were slowing down so the traffic seemed a lot safer.

There is a massive difference between 110 and 120. 120 seems to scare a lot of drivers so they over compensate and do 80 or 90.

110 seems to speed them up to 100.

As experienced drivers will agree, the slow drivers are just as dangerous as the Hamiltons