The shocking effects of speed limits...
There's a really shocking new speed limit in Bologna: it's been reduced from 50kmph to 30kmph, and the effects have been really dramatic. According to Andrea Spettoli, one of the people organising protests against the change, “The issue is not only getting fined – this law is completely changing lives." It certainly is! People have been arriving late for work or taking their children to school (the idea of setting off a few minutes earlier doesn't seem to have crossed their minds) and, worst of all, “One worker told [Spettoli] he no longer has time to drive home for lunch, so has to make do with a sandwich." Oh, the absolute horror of it!
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