Hunter Valley crash: NSW government urged to roll out 80km/h speed limit to all buses

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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