Majority of Germans ready to give up āno speed limitā on motorways for climate protection
Over 80 percent of Germans aged between 18 and 67 say the country needs to step up its efforts to reduce the transport sectorās impact on the environment, a survey conducted by the government-owned financing institution KfW suggests. Almost 90 percent of the respondents said that the car industry had a special responsibility to ensure that vehicles cause less pollution, and over 70 percent said they were ready to change their individual behaviour in order to reduce emissions from transport. āEven the highly controversial proposal to introduce a speed limit on motorways received majority supportā, with 60 percent of the respondents backing such policy, the KfW press release says. However, āonly one in two respondents believed that electric cars will dominate the roads in 20 yearsā, KfW adds.
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See the Āé¶¹ĪŽĀė°ę article EU car emissions too weak for German climate targets ā experts for background.