Speed limit increase possible: NSW premier

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Speed limit increase possible: NSW premier

From: AAP
May 19, 2013 1:29PM


THE NSW government is prepared to consider increasing speed limits on freeways if it's deemed safe, Premier Barry O'Farrell says.

Roads Minister Duncan Gay has flagged raising speed limits by 5km or 10km per hour, if the roads meet certain standards.

Mr O'Farrell has backed the initiative, stressing any moves to increase limits would need to be properly assessed by the Centre for Road Safety.

"We should have speed limits that are appropriate for the roads on which people are driving," he told reporters in Sydney on Sunday.

"If that means that we build better freeways, if that means you can travel safely on those freeways at a higher level.. then we're prepared to have the safety experts look at it."

Opposition leader John Robertson said the government needed to come up with evidence that showed increasing speed limits didn't lead to more road deaths.

"I've not seen a safety report that says we ought to be increasing speed limits to drive down the road toll," he told reporters Sydney.

"I want to see the safety reports on this because what we know, and what police tell me, is that speed kills."

NSW had driven the road death toll down to record levels by cracking down on speeding, he said.
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My comment : will never happen north of the border!!!!