It creates a bus lane on the hard shoulder and uses sensors in the road to detect when mandatory speed limits should be varied to help traffic flow.

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Policing was at the top but road safety, powers over speed and drink driving limits, ports, licensing of alcohol and light night entertainment were there too.

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Speed limits are heavily researched controls meant to reduce road fatalities and accommodate for road conditions.

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Others reported breathlessly on the ease with which they were suddenly able to zoom about the country (these being the days before speed limits, one reporter claimed to have driven the new road at 157mph in an Aston Martin).

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Yet the policy prescriptions are simple and proven: enforced speed limits, helmet laws for those on two wheels, good road design and more driving tests.

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"Drivers should heed speed limits, wear their seatbelt, and drive with care and consideration for other road users, " Mr Pennington said.

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