27 Apr 2021

School speed zone proposal full of inconsistencies

From Afternoons, 1:13 pm on 27 April 2021

It's been welcome news that speeds outside schools are going to be dropped all over the country, but there's concern there's going to be different speeds for different schools.

Under the current proposals there would be two different limits for urban schools and another limit for rural schools.

Lucinda Rees from the lobby group, NZ School Speeds talks to Karyn about their concerns with the current proposal.

Owairaka District School road patrol - generic school speed limit, stop sign, traffic, crossing

Photo: RNZ / Amy Williams