Gadkari seeks 20% expressway speed margin; rules remain unchanged

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• ROAD SAFETY Gadkari seeks wider expressway speed buffer The minister’s reported remarks could change enforcement, but they are not a new posted speed limit.
• WHAT HE SAID A twenty percent enforcement margin 20% Reports say challans would be reserved for speeds beyond the applicable limit by more than that margin.
• THE KEY NUMBER Expressway cap discussed 120 km/h Gadkari referred to allowing speeds up to 120 km/h on expressways in his CII remarks.
• CHECK BEFORE DRIVING Posted signs still govern No new effective-date notification was cited, so route-specific signs and restrictions remain the practical…
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