Within the framework of the prevention and road safety, several countries legislated on the level of the speed on the roads with for objective avoiding many automobile accidents, except in the case of the highways; where the limitations were often created (in particular in France) in the Années 1970 in order to save fuel (following the oil crisis of 1973). One deplores currently approximately 1,2 million died on the road in the world and 50 million casualties. The majority of the victims are Piéton S and Deux-roues, because of the co-education of the circulation and the brittleness of these users vis-a-vis the more massive vehicles and more rapids.
North America
Canada
See also: Speed limits in Canada
The United States
See also: Speed limits in the United States
Europe
In the majority of the countries of the European Union, the legislation or the use wants that one does not exceed the speed of 50 kilometers per hour downtown, even if in France this speed can be raised to 70 in arranged ways. In addition, the European Union obtained automatic devices of sanctions of the excess speeds.In the majority of the European countries, the speed limit inside the agglomerations is of 50 km/h.
Details by country
- Albania
- Germany
- Andorra
- Austria
- Azerbaïdjan
- Belgium
- Bielorussia
- Bosnia-Herzégovine
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Cyprus
- Croatia
- Denmark
- Spain
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Iceland
- Italy
- Kazakhstan
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Republic of Macedonia
- Malta
- Monaco
- Moldavie
- Montenegro
- Norway
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Portugal
- Czech Republic
- Romania
- the United Kingdom
- Russia
- San Marino
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Swiss Slovenia
- Sweden
- Turkey
- Ukraine
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