{"id":558466,"date":"2022-02-15T10:03:43","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T08:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=558466"},"modified":"2022-02-15T10:03:43","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T08:03:43","slug":"new-speed-limits-proposed-for-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/558466\/new-speed-limits-proposed-for-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"New speed limits proposed for South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Road Traffic Management Corporation is promoting a number of interventions to reduce the number of fatalities on South Africa’s roads – including speed limit changes.<\/p>\n

Presenting to parliament on Tuesday (15 February), the corporation said a programme is currently underway to reduce the speed in urban areas, particularly around schools and routes that cyclists frequent.<\/p>\n

An accompanying presentation indicated that the speed limit should be reduced from 60km\/h to 50km\/h on urban roads, and from 120km\/h to 110km\/h on major roads.<\/p>\n

This is in line with a recommendation made by the United Nations that countries of the world should look at reducing speed by 10km\/h to reduce the number of fatalities, RTMC chief communication officer Simon Zwane said.<\/p>\n

Speaking to BusinessTech, Zwane said that as a member of the UN’s roads council, this decision was binding for South Africa and the government is promoting the lower limit. However, he noted that authorities have not yet begun a formal process to change the regulations.<\/p>\n

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The United Nations has called on policymakers to act for low-speed streets worldwide, limiting speeds to 30km\/h (20mph) where people walk, live and play.<\/p>\n

The Department of Transport and the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) has previously looked at a proposal to review\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>speed limits in South Africa, with a particular focus on the country\u2019s highways.<\/p>\n

This proposal would see the baseline top speeds across the country\u2019s roads reduced by 20km\/h.<\/p>\n

It would also effectively drop the speed limit on the country\u2019s highways from 120km\/h to 100km\/h, while the top speeds on main roads would drop from 100km\/h to 80km\/h. Speeds in residential areas would decrease from 60km\/h to 40km\/h.<\/p>\n

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Read: Plan to scrap 5-year driving licence in South Africa \u2013 what to expect<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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