All Blog Posts Tagged 'Needell' (1)

Unerringly, the "debate" on Today about Spain reducing its national speed limit from 75 to 68mph "to conserve fuel" missed the point. George Monbiot claimed, spuriously, that "going faster means more noise", and Tiff Needell complained, reasonably, about loss of choice. Surely the real point is about the vanity of one-size-fits-all "solutions". It’s not speed that counts, it’s revs. If…