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23.04.09 In what could be a wide ranging and quite
radical reform process, the government today announced
plans to reduce speed limits in certain high risk areas
on Britain's roads. In a move which has been widely
welcomed by road
safety campaigners across the UK, the Road Safety
Minister Jim Fitzpatrick said that the changes would
affect a number of key areas such as speed limits and
rules surrounding learner drivers. Reductions from 30mph
to 20mph in urban locations and 60mph to 50mph in the
countryside are being considered in order to reduce
road accident injuries. Here are some of the
proposals put forward
- 20mph zones around schools Review speed
limits in accident black spots
- New expert panel to investigate road safety
- Plans to cut road deaths by a third by 2020
- New vocational qualification for van drivers
- Providing learners with more information to help
them to choose an instructor
Places such as Newcastle, Portsmouth, Oxford and
Leicester already use 20mph speed limits in residential
areas, and other local councils will be given new
guidance to cut speed limits in residential areas and
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