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Drivers in New York City will have to drive more slowly from Friday. city has introduced new speed limit of 25 mph (40 kph). old limit was 30 mph (about 48 kph). new law will apply to about 90 per cent of city's streets. city's Department of Transportation hopes lower speed limit will make people drive more carefully and reduce traffic accidents and deaths. city's mayor, Bill de Blasio, said he wanted to improve traffic safety and end pedestrian deaths. He said: "There's real consensus in this town that we need to have people drive more carefully, more safely and slower for protection of our kids, our seniors." Other people say limit will make drivers angry and increase accidents.

Road speed limits are used in most countries to set maximum speed for cars, trucks, buses, motorbikes, etc. They can also set minimum speed. first maximum speed limit in world was the 10 mph (16 kmh) limit introduced in United Kingdom in 1861. highest speed limit in world is 140 kmh (87 mph) in Poland and Bulgaria. Some of world's roads have no speed limit. Perhaps most famous of these are the Autobahns in Germany. In 2006, German police said average speed on one part of Autobahn was 142 kmh (88 mph). The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that around 1.24 million people die each year in traffic accidents. This number could fall if people drove more slowly.

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