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Originally Posted by Nage Waza
If you own a home and have kids, then yes, this is a big problem. I am all for lowering the speeds around houses.
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So do I. In fact I can go one step further in that my youngest boy was hit by a car when he was 4 years old. Fortunately he suffered minor head injuries as he was a runner and just darted across a crosswalk when my wife was walking with a group of kids. Fortunately he did not get run over and hit the side of the truck (you could say he T-boned the truck). Lower speed limits would not have made a difference in his case as kids some kids simply are going to put themselves in harms way. The only thing that would have made a difference in regards to my son's incident is crosswalk lights and that goes back to my initial post that speeding isn't the issue as much as that two thin white lines going across the street simply aren't good enough for crosswalks as drivers don't see them until they are right up to it. They should all have at the minimum the large ladder markings and caution signs and most don't and I also feel on any major community artery the crosswalks should have lights. Now the problem is that lights cost the city money and lowering speed limits increases city income so you can see why the city is pushing for lower speed limits instead of making pedestrian crossing safer.
All of that said 40 km/hr is somewhat reasonable if Druh insists on furthering her pet project that's going to cost everyone a lot of money for a problem that doesn't really exist.