Only last year, all the talk was about lowering speed limits to save lives as part of the previous Labour government’s Road to Zero policy.
Even motoring advocacy group the Automobile Association was calling for continued reductions in speed limits.
But a year on, the coalition government has announced it will reverse the blanket speed limit reductions put in place after January 1, 2020. Submissions on this policy shift close on July 11.
It is worthwhile considering, then, why the government is increasing speed limits despite extensive research highlighting the benefits of…
