Abolish Speed Limit, Say Bus Operators
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T"proposal to raise the speed limit for buses and coaches outside builtup areas to 40 m.p.h. has brought a protest from the Public Transport Association. the Municipal Passenger Transport Association and the Passenger Vehicle Operators' Association. They say there should be no limit at all.
In a statement issued last week, the groups said they had told the Minister of Transport that they were "keenly disappointed" at his suggestion. Equality would still not be provided between their vehicles and private cars outside built-up areas, yet the standard of maintenance of buses and coaches was far higher than that of any other vehicle.
They had pointed out to him that one of the main aims of increasing the limit was to promote as even a flow of traffic as possible, but this ought to mean that no class of vehicle should be prohibited from contributing towards that flow if it were suitable for higher speeds.