We compared South Africa’s speed limits to those enforced in the US, UK, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and Thailand.
South Africa’s speed limits are relatively high compared to other countries, and reducing national speed limits by 10km/h could bring the country more in line with the rest of the world.
While there has been no update on the RTMC’s proposal, reducing the built-up area and motorway speed limits would bring these to 50km/h and 110km/h, respectively, while main road limits would remain at 100km/h.According to the authority, the campaign would focus on urban areas with high levels of conflict between vulnerable users, such as cyclists and pedestrians, and motor vehicles.
Andricus van der Westhuizen, the Western Cape provincial spokesperson for agriculture, said a proposed 80km/h speed limit for such vehicles would help to protect such workers. South Africa’s residential speed limit — or the limit for built-up areas — is at the higher end of the scale, matching only Thailand’s and second only to some states in the US.
Singapore has the strictest speed limit laws of the countries compared, with the 50km/h speed limit being maintained on main roads and motorway speed limits topping out at 90km/h. For clarity, Germany doesn’t have a specific motorway speed limit, with its autobahns carrying no federally mandated speed limits.
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