How the coronavirus is (and isn’t) changing speed limits

Transport officials in several countries are pleading with motorists not to get themselves injured in a car crash during the lockdown, as hospitals can’t handle the extra patients. — dpa/Archivbild/Sebastian Gollnow

The coronavirus may have emptied our streets, but that doesn’t mean it’s now all right to break the speed limit – at least according to some road authorities.

Police and transport officials in several countries are warning motorists to not take advantage of empty roads during the pandemic by putting the pedal to the metal.