THREE KEY FACTS: The coalition Government is reversing the speed limit reductions implemented over the past four years under the previous Government, calling them “depressing” and “based on nanny state ideology”. Speed limit changes were part of National’s coalition agreement with Act and part of the Government’s 100-day plan . Auckland Council has voted 18-3 to oppose the Government’s plan to raise speed limits.
Simon Kingham is a Professor of Human Geography at the University of Canterbury. He previously worked as chief science adviser at the Ministry of Transport. OPINION 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.
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