Topic: Speed and distances · Nº 445 / 961
¿Qué finalidad tienen los límites de velocidad?
What is the purpose of speed limits?
- AGarantizar la seguridad y la fluidez de la circulación.To ensure traffic safety and flow.
- BQue los vehículos consuman menos combustible.To make vehicles use less fuel.
- CGarantizar la seguridad, solamente.To ensure safety only.
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Correct answer
- AGarantizar la seguridad y la fluidez de la circulación.To ensure traffic safety and flow.
Explanation
The aims of speed limits are: first, to ensure road safety, because limiting speed reduces the number of fatal accidents; second, to ensure that traffic flows; and, in very specific cases, to limit environmental pollution.
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