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Transport chiefs have confirmed work can be undertaken to increase speed limits for Heavy Goods autos over 7.5 tonnes in Scotland. Maximum limits ought to rise from 40mph to 50mph on single-carriageway roads and 50mph to 60mph on dual-carriageways. 

Transport Scotland careworn that the transfer would goal to cut back the speed differential between HGVs and different autos on Scottish roads. They defined that this might help cut back driver frustration and may improve journey time reliability.

Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Fiona Hyslop, mentioned: “The next steps have been informed by the huge number of responses to the public consultation.  Work will be undertaken to further analyse the impact on road casualties and journey times of a speed limit change on different standards of single-carriageways, and this will inform any future transport policies.

“We are also going to start work now on the steps needed to increase HGV speed limits, recognising the consultation feedback and the positive results of similar changes from the A9 HGV speed limit trial and other parts of the UK. 

“By reducing the speed differential between HGVs and other vehicles, this change is expected to enhance road safety by reducing driver frustration and improving journey time reliability.”

However, Transport Scotland’s National Speed Management Review discovered combined views on raising HGV speed limits. A complete of 60% of the 19,584 respondents to the survey felt that the present speed restrict on single-carriageway roads for HGVs was about proper, whereas 39% believed that the present restrictions had been too low.

However, amongst organisations responding, 57% felt the speed limits had been too low, whereas 37% thought they had been on the proper degree. A complete of 49% of organisations polled additionally claimed that speed restrict guidelines for HGVs had been additionally too low on dual-carriageway routes. 

The survey discovered that 57% of respondents believed an increase within the HGV speed restrict would cut back driver frustration on dual-carriageways. Meanwhile, 59% of respondents believed that growing the speed limits on dual-carriageway routes would additionally improve journey instances.

Transport Scotland was additionally contemplating reducing the national speed restrict for automobiles, lowering the restrict on single-carriageway roads from 60mph to 50mph.

However, this has since been ditched after 9 out of 10 respondents didn’t suppose that a discount would deal with national casualty discount targets.