 a MaJORITY of the population are opposed to higher motorway speeds and would feel pressurised into driving faster if the current limit was raised to 80mph, a leading transport academic has claimed.  Jillian anable, who has undertaken research into driver behaviour, accused the UK Government of pandering to a vocal minority of  die-hard  motorists who are unconcerned about the effects of speeding on other road users or the environment.  The Department for Transport is currently consulting on raising the 70mph motorway speed limit, which was set in 1965, with a view to introducing the higher limit in 2013.  The Scottish Government has yet to say whether it would follow suit or stick with a 70mph limit if this happens.  However, Dr anable, a senior lecturer at aberdeen University, said a majority of drivers travelled at 70mph or less on motorways and only one in five supported higher speed limits.  at a lecture due to be delivered to Westminster s Parliamentary advisory Council for Transport Safety tonight, Ms anable, who has previously been commissioned by the Scottish Government to examine ways of reducing carbon diox 