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Seriously, the evidence this actually works is tenuous at best, and that's assuming people actually follow the new limits.
There's also a number of routes, the new Kapiti expressway for example, that could handle much higher limits, and in fact frequently do handle vehicles travelling much faster.
Labour are also saying this is more or less their policy, so it doesn't sound like they will be much different at all.
Yep totally agreed. 100 feels so slow there. Should be 120 or so.
I'm all for lowering speed limits in urban areas.
Also there should be more focus on other things like alcohol testing, fatigue, keeping distance, etc. But speed is easier to test and brings in cash.
I can tell you from experience that 130 on the expressway doesn't feel particularly fast either.
Fortunately you rarely see police north of Paraparaumu on that road.