On 2007-05-11 07:42:36 +0100, The Natural Philosopher said:

Steve Firth wrote:
Frank Erskine wrote:

On Thu, 10 May 2007 22:55:58 +0100, Roger
wrote:

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/85-mph/?
What's the significance of 85 mph?

I would imagine that it is close to the 130km/h limit common in the rest
of Europe and that it is de facto the limit observed by most drivers in
the UK.
IIRC its 120 in belgium, 130 in france..some german roads are 140..ISTR
denmark/sweden is 110..or even 100..

Norway is 90 apart from a very few places. OTOH the roads often
don't allow for anything more.