Cities in Switzerland have mooted a maximum speed limit of 30 kilometers per hour for residential areas.
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The Association of Swiss Cities has officially put forward the proposal in a combined position paper.
The 30km/ph speed limit is currently applied randomly to specific streets in Swiss cities and towns. Elsewhere a 50km/ph speed limit is usually enforced.
Since 1970 there has been a downward trend in serious personal injuries on Swiss roads. Last year 200 people died in road accidents, 27 fewer than a year before. However, the number of seriously injured people rose by 140 to 3,933.
But the new speed limit proposal is aimed more at noise pollution than preventing accidents.
Reducing the speed at which cars can travel from 50km/ph to 30km/ph would reduce noise levels by three decibels, the proposal argues.
A study by the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) put the annual cost of traffic noise pollution, such as health costs and lost value of properties, at CHF2.3 billion ($2.46 billion).
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