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Originally Posted by Bunk
^ I think the point is - people make errors for all sorts of reasons. Most people will abide by the posted limit - and when mistakes do happen, lower speed collisions will result in lower fatality or severity of injuries, or prevent some collisions from happening in the first place. The reports that went to Council presented a lot of sound evidence and reams of data that prove this to be true.
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Yeah but it's a lot of time and money to invest in reducing what's already a pretty small amount of these accidents happening on residential streets. Remember Calgary is a city of over 1.2 million people. They are claiming this change will result in 90 less collisions a year. That's a hell of a lot of money to invest to reduce collisions by 90 in a city of 1.2 million people.
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The city said about 9,100 collisions happen each year on residential streets, and 500 of those result in severe injury or death. A lowered speed limit is expected to reduce collisions by 90 to 450 each year, the city said, and deaths by six to 29 each year.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...%20each%20year.
If this win makes Druh sleep better at night then whatever. She can have her small victories in her war against the automobile but the reality is that the city could probably use that money much more effectively.