Roads
Italy is one of the countries with the most vehicles per capita, with 690 per 1000 people in 2010. Italy has a total of 487,700 km of paved roads, of which 6,400 km are motorways generally with a speed limit of 130 km/h (81 mph). The speed limit in towns is usually 50 km/h (31 mph) and less commonly 30 km/h (19 mph).
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Famous quotes containing the word roads:
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and deeper into Imagination’s
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shimmering roads ...”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
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even faster than before
that everything is everywhere alike.”
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