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Variable speed zones would increase injuries by "more than half" - spokesperson

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 14 Jun 2024, 7:45am
Photo / Dean Purcell
Photo / Dean Purcell

Variable speed zones would increase injuries by "more than half" - spokesperson

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 14 Jun 2024, 7:45am

There’s been push back against the Government's plan to scrap around the clock speed limits outside schools.  

The Coalition's reversing speed limit reductions implemented over the past four years under the previous Government.  

The draft report wants speed limits in place at the start and end of each school day as opposed to the current 24-7 system.   

Healthy Auckland Together spokesperson Dr Jamie Hosking told Mike Hosking that kids are outside schools much more than just the first and last 30-minutes of the day.  

He says five out of six deaths and serious injuries that happen around schools are outside those times, when the variable limits wouldn't be operating. 

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