12
Cut UK speed limits to reduce Iran war impact on consumers, thinktank urges
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 07 May 2026
12 points (87.5% liked)
United Kingdom
6700 readers
382 users here now
General community for news/discussion in the UK.
Less serious posts should go in !casualuk@feddit.uk or !andfinally@feddit.uk
More serious politics should go in !uk_politics@feddit.uk.
Try not to spam the same link to multiple feddit.uk communities.
Pick the most appropriate, and put it there.
Posts should be related to UK-centric news, and should be either a link to a reputable source, or a text post on this community.
Opinion pieces are also allowed, provided they are not misleading/misrepresented/drivel, and have proper sources.
If you think "reputable news source" needs some definition, by all means start a meta thread.
Posts should be manually submitted, not by bot. Link titles should not be editorialised.
Disappointing comments will generally be left to fester in ratio, outright horrible comments will be removed.
Message the mods if you feel something really should be removed, or if a user seems to have a pattern of awful comments.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Throw in the hills of Sheffield, and I'm driving around having to rev the balls off in 2nd, or labour the fuck out of it and kill it trying to do it in 3rd.
Less of an issue if your car is an oversized wanktank, like most. See, the bigger problem is the American influence on our vehicles; stupidly large, unnecessarily heavy, consuming more fuel to move, and doing more damage to roads and whatever mommy hits between the house in suburbia and little fucking Timmy's football practice half a mile up the road.
Tax vehicles by a multiplicative factor of physical size, weight, and engine displacement, with a reduction for electric powertrain, or part thereof, and watch the gormless SUV craze end in a fucking hurry.