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PARIS. Paris slows down. Or rather slow down its drivers, who from today will have to respect the speed limit of 30 kilometers per hour. Thus comes into force the expected rule announced three weeks ago by the socialist mayor Anne Hidalgo, who had also been the subject of one of her electoral promises. The goal is to improve road safety “for pedestrians, cyclists, children and the elderly” (the risk of death would drop 9 times and the injuries of accidents are lighter), as well as reduce noise by reducing acceleration and deceleration and “adapt ”Paris to climate change.
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