The plan to reduce the speed limit from 60 mph to 20 or 30 mph was introduced in an effort to address dangerous driving of joyriders and scrambler motorcycles, which run the risk of colliding with other vehicles.
The new restrictions will be piloted in an area approximately 80 miles south of the M25 between Guildford and Dorking in Surrey.
According to figures from the Ministry of Transport, rural roads are more dangerous than urban roads, accounting for 57 percent of road deaths, while accounting for only 43 percent of traffic.
However, the AA has expressed concern that these measures will not necessarily have the desired result, as a 20 mph speed limit “only makes sense if there is a specific danger”.
Luke Bosdet of the group told The Telegraph: “Speed limits work in places where they make sense to drivers, where there is a certain danger that drivers have to slow down.
“The problem is that 20 mph zones are popping up everywhere and they’ve lost their meaning.
“The government has always said that motorists driving on the road should always be able to understand why the speed limit is the way it is.
“If you use general speed limits in areas where motorists see a straight country road with no obvious hazards in front, they will think ‘I’m going back to the national speed limit for this type of road’.”
On GB News, Mark Dolan expressed frustration at the proposed speed changes, calling it the “global attack on the idea of private car ownership”.
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“Even the motorway has been debunked because ‘slow down by stealth’ has been achieved with those ridiculous average speed cameras meaning motorways like the M1 taking you from London to the Midlands or vice versa will see you glued to 50[mph] for most of the trip.
“In my opinion, it’s part of a wider policy to make driving as inefficient, slow and miserable as possible.
“When it comes to these insanely low speed limits, we need to campaign to undo some of these restrictions and replace ideology with common sense.
“Why don’t you ask the drivers? Punishing motorists and making driving more difficult than ever is the last thing our battered economy needs right now.”