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[-] tomulus@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

Cool chart! Why does this end arguments about setting the speed limit though? Is 10% fatalities an acceptable level for pedestrian/cyclist collisions? Sorry if I'm not interpreting it right.

[-] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 11 points 8 months ago

To clarify, I meant that it ends any arguments for having speed limits higher than this in urban areas.

Lower speed limits can certainly be argued for, but the chart does show that there are some amount of diminishing returns past 30 km/h.

[-] tomulus@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Oh! In that case I totally agree. The "I wanna go faster" crowd never seems to recognise that they're also in the "I think it's ok for more people to die" camp.

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