Major changes to speed limits are on the way for the country's roads.They're set to reduce on national secondary roads from 100km/per hour to 80 km/hour.Whil...
Major changes to speed limits are on the way for the country's roads.While it will go from 80 km/hour to 60 km/hour on rural and local roads. It'll reduce to 30 km/hour in residential areas, towns and cities.Junior Transport Minister, Jack Chambers, feels although the changes are radical, they are necessary.
"We've seen a shocking rise in fatalities and a really worrying trend with an increase [in road deaths] in three of the last four years. "127 people have lost their lives so far this year, which has caused absolute devastation for families, and I think many tragedies which have shocked the nation.
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