Hunter Valley crash: NSW government urged to roll out 80km/h speed limit to all buses
by Elias Visontay Transport and urban affairs reporte from World news | The Guardian on (#6FH37)
Rule that applies to school buses with standing passengers should be applied across all services, taskforce says
Buses with standing passengers could not travel faster than 80km/h under new laws being considered by the New South Wales government, as it commits to a road safety and seatbelt awareness campaign in response to a fatal bus crash earlier this year.
On Friday, the NSW government announced it would accept all five recommendations made by its bus taskforce's initial safety report, based on a snap review after the June bus crash in the Hunter Valley that left 10 passengers dead and 25 injured.
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