Has bugger all to do with that now. Since the need to consult the Police on speed limits was removed about 15 years ago, local authorities have used it as a means for their engineers to justify their existence, and in fact in many cases where speed limits have been reduced on the grounds of increased safety, the crash rate has actually increased. Unlike the Police they do not di an 85 percentile check and and they do not go back through the pink sheets to check the accident statistics before they bring new limits in, It is all about them justifying their existence And ruining it for us bikers