A lower speed can help solve the nitrogen problem in the short term. But according to traffic psychologist Gerard Tertoolen, the Dutch are not just slowing down. "It will not go without a struggle," he says Speech makers

The AD reports that former minister John Remkes Wednesday will advise to reduce the speed to 100 km / h in order to reduce nitrogen emissions in the short term. After the Council of State ruled that too little was happening now, countless Dutch construction projects have come to a halt. 

Remkes advice leaves no choice

The cabinet cannot avoid reducing the livestock population and reducing the maximum speed on highways, that is the conclusion of the advisory report presented by former minister Johan Remkes on Wednesday. Remkes was commissioned to find solutions to the nitrogen crisis in the Netherlands.

The AD writes:

VVD member Remkes excludes that nature reserves can be scrapped in order to avoid the nitrogen rules. Within his own party, that wish previously sounded, just like with the employers 'organization VNO-NCW and farmers' advocacy LTO. Chairman Hans de Boer of VNO-NCW said in August that he wanted 'fewer and larger nature areas'.

The speed on Dutch highways is a maximum of 130 km / h. However, a lower limit applies at various places and times. This has to do with road safety or the presence of residential or nature areas. In this way, air pollution and noise pollution remain within environmental standards.

Since 130 km / h is the legal maximum speed, we only indicate the deviating speeds at a motorway ramp. Is there no speed sign? Then you can drive 130 km / h.

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