European Commission Recommendation on lower speed limits

Antonio Avenoso Your Ref: 21.06.2022 No European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) Our Ref: 22.06.2022 No 24.1-6/2022/4256- 2 European Commission Recommendation on lower speed limits Dear Mr Avenoso, Thank you for your letter asking Estonian government´s plans to act on the new recommendations from the European Commission to local, regional and national authorities to reduce speed on motorways and in urban areas. The examples you have highlighted of the success that different European countries have enjoyed thanks to recent reductions in speed limits have been very useful. Discussions to reduce speed have been initiated in Estonia and are taking place within the framework of supplementing the strategy documents concerning road safety both at the local and national level. It is too early to talk about the results today, more political discussions are needed to reach decisions, and we hope that the results will be reflected in next year’s road safety strategies. With best regards, (signed digitally) Ahti Kuningas (deputy secretary general) Mait Klein +372 625 6379 [email protected] Suur-Ameerika 1 / 10122 Tallinn / ESTONIA Phone: +372 625 6342 / Fax: +372 631 3660 / E-mail: [email protected] / http://www.mkm.ee 2 (2) Antonio Avenoso Your Ref: 21.06.2022 No European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) Our Ref: 22.06.2022 No 24.1-6/2022/4256- 2 European Commission Recommendation on lower speed limits Dear Mr Avenoso, Thank you for your letter asking Estonian government´s plans to act on the new recommendations from the European Commission to local, regional and national authorities to reduce speed on motorways and in urban areas. The examples you have highlighted of the success that different European countries have enjoyed thanks to recent reductions in speed limits have been very useful. Discussions to reduce speed have been initiated in Estonia and are taking place within the framework of supplementing the strategy documents concerning road safety both at the local and national level. It is too early to talk about the results today, more political discussions are needed to reach decisions, and we hope that the results will be reflected in next year’s road safety strategies. With best regards, (signed digitally) Ahti Kuningas (deputy secretary general) Mait Klein +372 625 6379 [email protected] Suur-Ameerika 1 / 10122 Tallinn / ESTONIA Phone: +372 625 6342 / Fax: +372 631 3660 / E-mail: [email protected] / http://www.mkm.ee 2 (2)