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28 Feb 2011 12:00 AM by mobailey Star rating in San Cayetano. 461 forum posts Send private message

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 Spain will lower its national speed limit, reduce the cost of rail fares by 5% and raise the minimum percentage of biofuels blended into gasoline, all in a bid to reduce oil dependence in the face of spiking crude prices, the country’s deputy prime minister said on Friday.

The maximum speed limit on Spanish motorways is 120kph (75mph) and this will be reduced to 110kph (68mph). The government will rush to print new signs to alert people of the change. 

"We are going to go a bit slower and in exchange for that we are going to consume less gasoline and therefore pay less money," Pérez Rubalcaba said.

For instance, he said, a car running on petrol will use 15% less fuel at the new, lower speed limit.

This as appeared in the Leader news paper

 



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01 Mar 2011 11:06 PM by TheQuietMan Star rating in UK and very occasion.... 535 forum posts Send private message

Before I leave the forum-

from the main forum threads-

"In addition to the reduction in the speed limit from 120 kph to 110 kph (I wonder if anyone thought that they only need to paste a "1" over the "2" on the signs?)...

 

The Spanish Government has announced that from 7th March, the maximum speed limit on motorways will be reduced from 120 kph to 110 kph. It is a measure designed to conserve fuel in response to the situation in North Africa and, particularly, in Libya. At the same time, the Government is subsidising RENFE to cover a 5% reduction in middle and long distance train fares to encourage people to switch from road to rail travel. This is a temporary measure and loads of "110" stickers are being printed to stick on 120 signs overnight on the night of 6/7 March.
 
As well as cutting motorway speed limits to 110 kilometres per hour, the Dirección General de Tráfico has confirmed it will reduce limits on single carriageway roads to 30 kilometres per hour in towns. Only a few connecting roads with no buildings on them will see higher speed limits – at 50 kilometres per hour.
 
Though thismight  be useful!



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