Danielle George - All Headline News Staff Reporter

Rio De Janiero, Brazil (AHN)- Rio legislators votes to end enforcement of speed limits in parts of the crime-plagued city in order to protect residents. It is unclear whether Mayor Cesar Maia would approve the legislation.

Many drivers already ignore traffic signals late at night for fear of being robbed or killed in a carjackings. The city has one of the world's highest murder rates.

Earlier this month the legislative assembly for the state of Rio de Janeiro proposed building high walls along some highways in the city to protect motorists from shootouts between drug gangs in some of its nearly 600 slums.