Significant reductions, including drop from 80km/h to 60km/h on rural roads, to be brought before Cabinet
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Minister Chambers said: “After many successful years bringing road deaths down, there has been a really alarming spiral in recent times with 127 deaths already this year. Every single death is a tragedy for the victims’ families, friends and communities. We have seen in the last few weeks particularly the devastating impact road deaths involving our young people have on the whole country.”
“The implementation of this will take a little bit of time but the impact of this will bring down road fatalities for many years when it is rolled out across the country.
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