Government plans to reduce the speed limit on many secondary roads will be announced this week. The current death and accident toll on all roads has risen to 3500 and 70000 after some years of reduction. The 90kph limit will be reduced to 80kph, estimated to save between 200 and 400 lives and prefects have already been asked to identify which stretches will be affected. The measures will take about six months to implement.
The prime minister denied it was simply a way to get more revenue via the radars, and probably the cost of implementation and awareness campaigns will out weigh the revenue for some time. Savings to motorists are estimated at about 120 euros on fuel and environmental savings of about 30% of emissions could be achieved.
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