150 kph and Legal:

Posted: Wed 12 Feb 2003

Have you read this? Yep, now you can legally ride on the road @ 150 clicks, except you need to go to Italy to do it.

Speed limits are being raised in Italy to improve road safety.

Italian transport minister, Pietro Lunardi believes higher speeds will improve the traffic flow, and encourage motorists to pay attention. The change will affect three-lane motorways, with the limit raising to 150km/h (93mph), from January 1, 2004. Lunardi went on to say that psychologists and doctors say people who go faster drive better and are more careful, and that only 9 per cent of fatal accidents were caused by speeding.