Make our roads saferWhile a campaign to reduce the speed of vehicles on roads to save lives was observed across the world last week, the government of Thailand seems to be moving in the opposite direction. He reasoned that the traffic was flowing well and even stated that "no one was complaining" about the speed limit increase. Within seven years, the minister plans to implement the new speed limit on 47 more roads. Cars do not slow down when they drive near a school zone that requires a speed limit of 30km/h. In Spain, for example, the speed limit on all two-lane urban roads was reduced from 50km/h to 30km/h after its government noticed the fatality rate was 6%.

Source: Bangkok Post May 31, 2021 00:11 UTC