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Two in five 'would welcome 20mph speed limit'
A significant amount of motorists travelling on roads across the UK would welcome plans to introduce a lower speed limit in city areas, it has been reported.
Out of every five British motorists, two would be happy to see a 20mph limit brought in for residential areas, according to car supermarket company Motorpoint.
This means that 12 million people are behind a plan for the rest of the UK to follow Portsmouth, which earlier this year adopted the boundary for city streets within the authority.
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It may be that the new limit has an effect on car and motorbike insurance policies in the region - perhaps becoming cheaper if cover firms view areas of the UK as safer.
"We were surprised at the extent to which people seem ready to accept a lower speed limit in residential areas," commented David Shelton, managing director of Motorpoint.
This comes as figures recorded by the Department of Transport show a drop in roads deaths since 2005.
Indeed, some 3,201 people were killed during that year, although this fell to 3,150 in 2006.
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