Govt to cut speed limits

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The Transport Ministry says that speed limits on all major roads will be drastically reduced when the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) Act comes into effect later this year, in an attempt to reduce road carnage and save precious fuel.

 

Currently, the maximum permitted speeds are 60km/h on a public road within an urban area, 100km/h on public road outside an urban area which is not a freeway; and 120km/h on freeways, in terms to the National Road Traffic Act of 1989.

 

But according to a statement released by Transport Minister S'bu Ndebele's department, speed limits on all three types of roads are "outdated" and "in desperate need of a rethink". As a result, all limits will be cut by 25 percent.

 

"It is a well-known and undisputed fact that speed kills. Therefore, reducing the speed limit and curtailing reckless speedsters will logically result in fewer deaths on South African roads... which is, after all, the department's primary goal," spokesperson Al Linjest said.

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Justice Project South Africa's national chairperson Wearen Otserious, who said he planned to take his fight against the new limits to the courts, was outraged by the announcement.

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Meanwhile, the South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) said that it had already taken part in discussions with the minister about how the new limits would affect the taxi industry.

 

"We met with Comrade S'Bu and demanded that taxis be exempt from these draconian laws. We provide a crucial service to the people of South Africa. How are the people going to get to work safely and on time if we have to drive at 45km/h down the main road?" Santaco spokesperson Yad-Sloof Lirpa asked.

 

 

http://news.iafrica.com/sa/718516.html

[Rob_Lions]

April fools joke maybe ?

[Regard]

1 April

[Minion]

"We met with Comrade S'Bu and demanded that taxis be exempt from these draconian laws. We provide a crucial service to the people of South Africa. How are the people going to get to work safely and on time if we have to drive at 45km/h down the main road?" Santaco spokesperson Yad-Sloof Lirpa asked.

Most of them can only exceed that speed on a downhill.

 

Ps. you should remove the bolding - it kind of makes things obvious.

[Li Mu Bai]

Thank God its April 1st....

[ChUkKy]

HAHAHAHAHAHA

 

A taxi doing those "new" speedlimits all day everyday, fat chance of that happening. The day it does happen my ar$ehole will grow closed.

 

Gotta love April 1st

Edited April 1, 2011 by SeanN

[DaLoCo]

Seriously!!!

 

The government does not need the 1st of April to be fools

[DaLoCo]

The day it does happen my ar$ehole will grow closed.

 

 

Please do not share the present status

[The Drongo]

Seriously!!!

 

The government does not need the 1st of April to be fools

 

Pffft - +100

[gummibear]

Thank God its April 1st....

 

Here the limits are

 

30km/h around schools and built up areas

50km/h on most City roads.

90km/h on most country road between Communes

140km/h on Highway

and then you get the German Autobahn

 

Most days i cycle faster than the cars and get hooted at.

[dirtrider]

Seriously!!!

 

The government does not need the 1st of April to be fools

 

True

[mon-goose]

DaLoCo - was going to say the same thing. The government are a bunch of fools every day of the year

[pastapouch]

Seriously!!!

 

The government does not need the 1st of April to be fools

So true...

[Eddy Gordo]

HMMMMmmmmm, most likely an april fools joke. However I speed downhill on my mtb, and the speed dont kill!!!, it is the people that speed in a suburban road, a busy road etc that kill

[Prozac]

Seriously!!!

 

The government does not need the 1st of April to be fools