Plans to cut traffic speed limits

London : United Kingdom | Apr 20, 2009 at 3:04 PM PDT

Source: BBC

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Reductions from 30mph to 20mph in urban locations and 60mph to 50mph in the countryside are being considered. The measures are part of a new strategy to reduce road deaths in England and Wales through to 2020. Places such as Newcastle, Portsmouth, Oxford and Leicester already use 20mph speed limits... FULL ARTICLE AT BBC

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