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Flashback: Rural Speed Limits

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October 7, 2013

Up until 1972, drivers in West Germany could drive as fast as they wanted outside of villages, towns and cities. Then, in an attempt to reduce accidents, a speed limit of 100 kilometers an hour was introduced on country roads. We look back at what was a landmark decision.

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