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Speed limits start going back up, full list of roads announced (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 2 days ago by Dave@lemmy.nz to c/politics@lemmy.nz

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Reversals on blanket speed limit reductions will begin on Wednesday night, starting with State Highway 2 in the Wairarapa, and will be complete by 1 July.

The National and Act coalition agreement committed to reversing the reductions implemented under the previous Labour government.

In total 38 sections of the state highway network will be reversed back to their previous higher speed limits by NZTA over the next five months.

The state highway speed limit changes will take effect across the country in Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Gisborne, Hawke's Bay, Manawatu-Whanganui, Greater Wellington, Canterbury, and the top of the South Island.

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[–] TagMeInSkipIGotThis@lemmy.nz 3 points 2 days ago

Bishop's having to suck down the stupid pill Simeon lined up. I would guess Bishop understands the whole point of reduced speed is to reduce death from car accidents into injuries. Simeon is a magic thinker and I get the vibe he's all about "owning the libs" no matter how stupid it is so i'm not sure he's capable of putting 2 & 2 together.

Keep an eye out for a change in the way accidents are categorised if the raw numbers tick up. I think they had the 80km/h zone across too much of the Napier-Taupo, but the time "loss" is negligible compared to reducing the harm of accidents on that road. Purely through distance alone you'd guess a lower speed crash would increase survivability because of time to respond by paramedics.