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

Road speed limits are [usefully / used] in most countries to set the maximum speed [for / to] cars, trucks, buses, motorbikes, etc. They can also set the minimum speed. The first maximum speed limit [in / on] the world was the 10 mph (16 kph) limit [introduced / introduction] in the United Kingdom in 1861. The highest speed limit in the world [be / is] 140 kph (87 mph) in Poland and Bulgaria. Some of the world's roads have [no / not] speed limit. Perhaps the most famous of [these / theses] are the Autobahns in Germany. In 2006, German police [say / said] the average speed on one part of the Autobahn was 142 kph (88 mph). The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that [round / around] 1.24 million people die each year in traffic accidents. This number could fall if people drove more [slow / slowly] .