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Originally Posted by Bunk
Guys, it’ll end up being 40 and it’ll affect about 2% of your driving time. This is not something to lose your mind about.
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That's what was said about playground zones. But now we're talking about 30 or 40 km/h
everywhere. This will no doubt lead into discussion about highways and main arteries as there are many accidents every day (never mind that speed may not be important).
Regardless, it's not necessarily about what we're losing (although to some it is), it's about what we're
not gaining.
We should be a progressive city based on science, or at the very least, logic. Yet here we are bubble wrapping everything even though the bubble wrap probably won't do anything. And now we're walking around wearing uncomfortable bubble wrap.
And hell, you want to get nitpicky about public safety?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.8e33d5f0a845
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We find that police departments in cities that collect a greater share of their revenue from fees solve violent and property crimes at significantly lower rates.
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So now there's a chance that there are more deaths/injuries from violent offenders that weren't caught because the police force is busy being mobilized for people still driving 50 km/h. The funny thing is, as low as a risk as that may be
it's actually substantiated.