1158. The living road is 30km per hour. 生活道路は30キロまで
The National Police Agency revealed that the limited legal speed of the living road will change from 60km per hour to 30km near future.
This aims to prevent a car accident with a pedestrian and bicycle.
In a traffic accident, when the crash accident exceeds 30km per hour, the death rate of the foot passenger rais eminently.
The living road means no center line and median strip, the road is less than 5.5m wide.
Almost all school-commuting roads and residential areas are living roads.
About 70% of general roads are living roads they say.
Since 10 years ago, there were 4,500 zones called "Zone 30", there is a dater that the fatal and serious condition accidents decreased.
The new rule is to spread to all living roads.
The 60km of the main road will be maintained, two legal speeds will coexist.
revealed 明らかにする living road 生活道路pedestrian 歩行者 foot passenger 歩行者
median strip 中央分離帯 school-commuting roads 通学路 fatal 死亡事故 maintain 維持する