20,000 sign speed limit petition in UK

A petition against the UK government's proposals to reduce the national speed limit from 60 mph to 50 mph has been met with a huge response. The petition already has over 20,000 signatures and is the fourth largest petition on the British Prime Minister's website.

Although introducing the reduced limit would be of little cost - simply redefining the white circle with diagonal stripe sign to mean 50 mph rather than 60 mph - the Association of British Drivers has said that the proposal serves no purpose.

ABD spokesman Nigel Humphries said: "this proposal has nothing to do with road safety, and nothing to do with protecting the environment, it is born of the anti-mobility ideology of new-age Luddites who don't even drive."

ABD chairman Brian Gregory said: "I call upon all of Britain's 33 million drivers to sign this petition to allow them to continue to be vigilant when driving, rather than be sent to sleep by these absurdly low speed limits."