Bridge to danger

I do not share the transport minister’s enthusiasm for raising the speed limit on the new Forth bridge to 70mph. One in four fatalities and serious injuries are caused by excessive speed. The 50mph limit which is in place just now should be a permanent one – indeed, 50mph could in some circumstances be dangerous. Humza Yousaf seems to think that the national motorway speed limit is a target. It is not. It is a maximum which should be reached only under the most favourable conditions.

Then again, we are constantly lectured by the SNP government about the vital need to reduce emissions. The faster a vehicle travels the more pollution it causes. So on the one hand we are told to slow down, on the other to speed up. But it would seem Mr Yousaf is not concerned about reducing vehicle pollution at all. WILLIAM LONESKIE

Justice Park Oxton, Scottish Borders