19 Dec 2019

Lower speed limits, new penalties planned for road users

From Morning Report, 7:10 am on 19 December 2019

The country's new road safety strategy will see speed limits drop on unsafe roads and penalties increase for high risk driving such as using cellphones.

The Road to Zero strategy is based on the Swedish Vision Zero road safety plan, which expects drivers to make mistakes but ensures they don't die when they do.

The government is set to unveil the 10-year plan on Thursday afternoon, but our reporter Ben Strang has seen the plan and speaks to Susie Ferguson.