Quote Originally Posted by SGWilko
Listening to BBC Radio 2 yesterday - there, I said it! On the Jeremy Vine show they were discussing this, and what do we Brits think....
Given that most official MPG figures show best economy at around 56 mph, then 60mph limit makes sense as a temporary measure.
68.3mph, so it's closer to the UK limit of 70mph really.

However, some idiot came on the phone to air his views, suggesting speed limits are too slow, and that accidents are caused not by excessive speed, but by idiots stepping in the road. With morons like that in society, you know there is no hope.
It's not as moronic as you make out. Official accident stats, those used for the justification for speed cameras and lower limits etc, include such things as pedestrians trying to cross a motorway (which is illegal!) and people jumping off bridges etc

Anything over 60mph and the mpg goes down rapidly......
Yep, but look at it from the UK governments point of view, yes anything over 60mph means you use fuel at a faster rate, but you also pay tax at a faster rate!