Would lower speed limits change driver behaviour?

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Speeding and reckless driving are the main causes of the carnage on South African roads, but will a lower legal speed limit get drivers to behave more responsibly? Will the State of the Nation Address offer tangible solutions for struggling small businesses? And a look at South Africa’s staggering debt levels.

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