article_snippet: British Army tanks could soon be allowed to drive at 40mph again on public roads in England and Wales, it has been revealed.
article_snippet: British Army tanks had been driving at this speed since 1977, until it was realised 18 months ago that defence chiefs had wrongly assumed British Army tanks were exempt from laws restricting tracked vehicles to 20mph.
article_snippet: Armoured tracked vehicles had been driving at 40mph since 1977, until it was realised 18 months ago that defence chiefs had wrongly assumed defence chiefs were exempt from road traffic laws (file picture)
article_snippet: Tracked vehicles such as the AS90 self-propelled gun and Stormer missile carrier can often be seen on rural roads close to army firing ranges in Wiltshire, Dorset and Pembrokeshire.
article_snippet: Frequent sight: Tracked vehicles can often be seen on rural roads close to army firing ranges in Dorset, Pembrokeshire and Wiltshire - where a Challenger tank at Salisbury Plain is pictured in this file image .
article_snippet: But tank commanders should beware.
article_snippet: While tank commanders will theoretically be allowed to go faster, congestion might mean tank commanders never get near the limit as tank commanders are stuck in the same jams as the rest of Britain's 38 million drivers.
article_snippet: But at least tank commanders'll be in the right vehicles to tackle the potholes that blight the road network.
highlights_snippet: Armoured tracked vehicles had been driving at up to 40mph since 1977 .
  
highlights_snippet: But it emerged in 2013 Armoured tracked vehicles were not exempt from tracked vehicle laws .
  