← Back to context Comment by hsdvw 13 hours ago Maybe enforce pedestrian crossings instead. Zero deaths without annoying anybody. 3 comments hsdvw Reply zahlman 2 hours ago It takes almost no effort to find stories like https://globalnews.ca/news/10986468/robie-street-halifax-ped... .(For reference, Halifax, Nova Scotia is maybe a quarter of the size of Helsinki.) perching_aix 12 hours ago Do you think people rightfully crossing crosswalks never get hit, or do you include the cars in the equation too? What about every other type traffic accident that could be prevented from being fatal by just lowering the speed? 9dev 13 hours ago They had pedestrian crossings already, and that was not the deciding factor. It was the speed limit that kept people alive.If people like you getting annoyed by having to drive slower is the price for just one person not dying in traffic, that’s already a win in my book.
zahlman 2 hours ago It takes almost no effort to find stories like https://globalnews.ca/news/10986468/robie-street-halifax-ped... .(For reference, Halifax, Nova Scotia is maybe a quarter of the size of Helsinki.)
perching_aix 12 hours ago Do you think people rightfully crossing crosswalks never get hit, or do you include the cars in the equation too? What about every other type traffic accident that could be prevented from being fatal by just lowering the speed?
9dev 13 hours ago They had pedestrian crossings already, and that was not the deciding factor. It was the speed limit that kept people alive.If people like you getting annoyed by having to drive slower is the price for just one person not dying in traffic, that’s already a win in my book.
It takes almost no effort to find stories like https://globalnews.ca/news/10986468/robie-street-halifax-ped... .
(For reference, Halifax, Nova Scotia is maybe a quarter of the size of Helsinki.)
Do you think people rightfully crossing crosswalks never get hit, or do you include the cars in the equation too? What about every other type traffic accident that could be prevented from being fatal by just lowering the speed?
They had pedestrian crossings already, and that was not the deciding factor. It was the speed limit that kept people alive.
If people like you getting annoyed by having to drive slower is the price for just one person not dying in traffic, that’s already a win in my book.