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| Plans to cut traffic speed limits | Plans to cut traffic speed limits |
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| Proposals to bring down speed limits in areas where there is a higher risk of accidents are expected to be announced by the government. | Proposals to bring down speed limits in areas where there is a higher risk of accidents are expected to be announced by the government. |
| Reductions from 30mph to 20mph in urban locations and 60mph to 50mph in the countryside are being considered. | 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. | 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 in residential areas. | Places such as Newcastle, Portsmouth, Oxford and Leicester already use 20mph speed limits in residential areas. |
| Safety research | Safety research |
| Transport Minister Jim Fitzpatrick will seek views on targets to reduce the number of casualties on roads when he launches a consultation document on Tuesday. | |
| Local councils will be given new guidance to cut speed limits in residential areas and outside schools to 20mph. | Local councils will be given new guidance to cut speed limits in residential areas and outside schools to 20mph. |
| Ministers say they are on course to hit the government's current target of cutting deaths and serious injuries on the roads by 40% by 2010. | Ministers say they are on course to hit the government's current target of cutting deaths and serious injuries on the roads by 40% by 2010. |
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| A new target of reducing deaths by an additional third will be suggested for 2020. | A new target of reducing deaths by an additional third will be suggested for 2020. |
| There will also be a new section in the driving test where candidates will be asked to drive without being directed by the examiner. | There will also be a new section in the driving test where candidates will be asked to drive without being directed by the examiner. |
| Young learner drivers who opt to take a new pre-qualification course will be allowed to sit a shorter driving theory test. | Young learner drivers who opt to take a new pre-qualification course will be allowed to sit a shorter driving theory test. |
| Road safety researchers say only one in 40 people who are hit by a vehicle at 20mph die, compared with one in five at 30mph. | Road safety researchers say only one in 40 people who are hit by a vehicle at 20mph die, compared with one in five at 30mph. |
| Robert Gifford, of the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety, said: "The 20mph zones are proven to save lives and that is especially important when thinking about children and the elderly." | Robert Gifford, of the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety, said: "The 20mph zones are proven to save lives and that is especially important when thinking about children and the elderly." |
| What do you make of the proposals? Would you welcome lower speed limits where you live? What are your experiences? Send us your comments using the form below. | What do you make of the proposals? Would you welcome lower speed limits where you live? What are your experiences? Send us your comments using the form below. |
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