THE traffic was only crawling when an old bloke stepped out in front of Mildura Mayor Liam Wood's car to cross Eighth Street. "If someone steps out like that guy just did and I had've been going 40km/h, well I may not have missed him," Cr Wood said.

Speed limits in the Mildura CBD will be cut to 30km/h as part of a 12-month trial after an amended motion was passed at a recent council meeting.

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