Japan halves speed limit to 30km/h on all narrow city streets

<p>Speed limit dropped from 60km/h for around 70% of general roads in the hope of making narrow streets of crowded cities safer</p><p>Drivers on residential roads in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/japan">Japan</a> have been forced to take their foot off the accelerator, after the speed limit was slashed from 60km/h (37mph) to 30km/h in an attempt to reduce deaths and injuries among pedestrians on narrow urban streets.</p><p>The new limit, which went into effect on Tuesday, applies to

Original reporting by The Guardian · Justin McCurry in Tokyo. GridIndex is an aggregation and intelligence layer — full credit to the original publisher.