Text file: 1616.txt
author: dan
downvotes: 3
end consideration date: 2011-04-23
id: '1616'
number comments: 8
number views: 4707
proposal type: Competent authority response
response: 'Response by the Ministry of Transport (coordinated with the Ministry of
  the Environment and Spatial Planning)

  Speed limits in road traffic are reasonable if there are technical elements for
  such a measure which, from the point of view of road design, require a speed limit
  or if the speed limit is conditioned from the point of view of road safety, in particular
  for the protection of weaker road users (pedestrians, cyclists, children, elderly
  users, etc...).

  Drivers shall comply with speed limits which are the rule of the road or which they
  are expected to comply with by a traffic signal or an order from an authorised official,
  provided that they know and accept the reasons for such limits.

  If the reasons for the restriction are other (e.g. protection of groundwater, which
  you mention in your proposal), even if they are not bad, they may have the opposite
  effect on people. Speed limits on straight roads, which technically allow higher
  speeds, may be perceived by road users as an additional item to fill the (national
  or municipal) budget.

  On a straight stretch of road where there are either no technical obstacles requiring
  a speed limit (curve, island, narrowing, etc.) or no risk of children or other weaker
  groups of road users to whom he should pay attention, the driver will drive in accordance
  with his experience and expectations, and his speed will generally be above the
  speed limit.

  In our assessment, and in the light of the arguments put forward, the proposed measure
  would have more negative than positive effects and we are therefore not in favour
  of speed limits for the reasons proposed.  '
response date: 2011-05-25
response due date: null
sent date: 2011-03-24
title: Let's protect water intakes!
upvotes: 19
url: https://predlagam.vladi.si/predlog/1616
