00:00It's an idea she knows will be unpopular, but road safety researcher Teresa Senceric
00:07wants the default speed limit lowered from 110 km per hour to 100.
00:13Our biggest killer is speed. The immediate answer is to really reduce our speeds and
00:19enforce them.
00:20The default limit is enforced when there are no signs in place.
00:24Dr Senceric has also signed an open letter to government calling for the default limit
00:29in built up areas to be lowered.
00:31Across Europe those speeds are going down to 30 km and we're asking government can
00:37you at least bring them down to 40 to start with.
00:41The push for changes will be on the table at a road safety summit being held next month
00:45in response to a horrific year on the state's roads.
00:49We're happy to consider all options and make sure that we have evidence and make sure that
00:54things are practical and enforceable.
00:56Opposition road safety spokesperson Martin Aldridge is pushing for the government to
01:00get rid of the need for default limits by prioritising assessing unrated regional roads.
01:07He'd also like to see a police crackdown on poor behaviour.
01:10Regional road safety advocates agree with the emphasis on driver behaviour.
01:14The nut behind the wheel makes the decisions and the rest of it is about outcomes. So speed
01:21obviously will determine an outcome. Once you lose control, physics take over.
01:27And to encourage the nut behind the wheel to make good decisions, new cameras designed
01:31to target mobile phone use and seatbelts as well as speed are about to be rolled out.
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