Increased speed limits for HGV lorries travelling through Ayrshire could help reduce fatal accidents, it is being claimed. South of Scotland Conservative List MSP Sharon Dowey wants the current speed limits on HGVs increased.Ms Dowey has joined a band of Scottish Conservative MSPs who’ve signed a joint letter calling on the Scottish Government to revise the current HGV speed limits.The group, who include Rachael Hamilton MSP, Finlay Carson MSP, Craig Hoy MSP, Brian Whittle MSP and Oliver Mundell MSP, want the existing limit of 40mph on single carriageways- and 50mph on dual carriageways- increased, in line with the 60mph figure adopted in England.The group claim to have the backing of one of Scotland’s largest haulage companies – Hayton
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