New Highway Code to cut road deaths - Salvini

(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 20 - Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini on Wednesday said a new reform of the Highway Code will reduce road deaths in Italy after the Senate gave final approval to the legislation.
    "The new Highway Code is finally law", Salvini said, commenting on the Senate's vote that gave definitive approval to his reform on social media.
    "More security and prevention, fight against abuse and incorrect behaviour, updated rules and true road education", he wrote.
    The reform, wrote the minister, was the outcome of lengthy talks with associations, local institutions, the automotive sector and experts "with a common objective: reducing the massacres on Italian roads", he wrote, denying "fake news" on huge fines for speeding.
    The law, which had already been approved by the Lower House, passed with 83 votes in favour, 47 against and one abstention.
    (ANSA).