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Speed cameras and road safety keep drivers within 30mph speed limit.

Told you so! So speed does kill.

"Motorists are sticking to the 30mph speed limit in greater numbers
than at any point in the last decade, Department for Transport
statistics have revealed.

Driving groups said that a proliferation of speed cameras and a series
of hard-hitting road safety campaigns were the two key factors behind
the stronger adherence to speed limits.

In the past ten years drivers of all types of vehicles have reduced
their speed but the biggest drop has been among car owners. According
to the DfT 70 per cent of cars travelled at speeds in excess of the
30mph limit in 1997 but this had fallen to fewer than half by last
year.

It was reported last month that road deaths had fallen below 3,000 for
the first time since records began in 1926. Motoring experts said that
a greater compliance with the speed limit had helped to reduce road
fatalities..."

More:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/article4391839.ece

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