[eye30]

The speed limit on parts of the M1 is to be cut from 70mph to 60mph under a controversial plan to meet European Union pollution targets.

The Highways Agency has announced a lowered ‘environmental’ speed limit on a 32-mile stretch of one of the UK's busiest motorways. The green speed restriction will be enforced from junction 28, near Matlock, Derbyshire, to junction 35a, north of Rotherham,

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/cars/article-2535181/A-silver-lining-M1-speed-limit-cut-60mph-controversial-restriction-save-money.html

[Phil №❶]

So the EU dictates how fast you can drive in the UK. Who won the war, anyway.