Rejected petition Increase the UK motorway network speed Limit to 80mph

Nobody Drives at 70mph on a clear motorway. I regularly travel throughout the UK motorway network and find that travelling at 70mph holds other road users up.
With safety advances in vehicles 80mph is more than safe nowadays.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/230939

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Date submitted 23 March 2019
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