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TRAFFIC SPEED * India - Plan to increase limit hits hurdles
The government’s decision to raise the speed limit for transport and other vehicles from 60 kilometres per hour (kmph) to 70 kmph in general and over 100 kmph on expressways, has come under attack from experts
Bombay,India -The Financial Express, by Ashutosh Kumar -August 09, 2008: -- “The government has endorsed the plan to increase the speed limit of the vehicles,” said a top ministry of roads and transport official. The ministry of roads and transport, in a meeting with state transport ministers earlier this week, had held a discussion on enhancing the speed limit... “As per the internationally accepted principles, the speed limit inside the vicinity of the city cannot be more than 50 kmph. If a car hits a pedestrian at the speed of 50 kmph, the chances of the victim’s death is 80%, while in the case of a car hitting a pedestrian at a speed of 30 kmph, the chances of death is only 10%,” said Dinesh Mohan, an IIT Delhi faculty. Mohan said the speed limit on the highways that are not separated should not be more than 80 kmph. However, the speed on limited access highways could be 90 kmph, he added...
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