Road Safety
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- Enable local communities to request a road design change to address concerns about vehicle speeds and to facilitate safe road crossings, including on state highways.
- Lower maximum permissible speeds in areas of significant pedestrian traffic, such as routes to schools, hospitals, and shopping areas
- Provide better rest area facilities and road signs, in areas where fatigue is found to be a major cause of accidents.
- Ensure better coordination between the NZTA, other road controlling authorities, ACC, and the Police so that safety issues are integrated into land transport planning and management.
- Incorporate into transport planning the Vision Zero goal of zero road deaths for people following the road rules.
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