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i detest signs like these with such a burning passion, they show that people want their streets to be safe but cannot be arsed to actually get them to be made safer, so they put up a sign as if that's going to do jack shit.
If you want people to drive safely, get the local government to traffic calm the street, if nothing else it's common for there to be a procedure for getting permission to place some flower boxes on the street to make your own traffic calming.
I'd go even farther than that: I'd argue that those signs are an admission of incompetence by the engineer who approved their installation.
I'm becoming more and more convinced that the path towards improving the situation is to directly target the engineers themselves by going after the license of those who fail to design streets appropriately for all users. Even if they follow established government guidelines or industry best practices, that shouldn't be a defense because the guidelines and best practices are wrong to begin with.
somehow soldiers can't use "i was just following orders" to defend murder but engineers can.
Whenever I see signs that say something like “children live here” I just think “okay? And what if I hate children?” Maybe I’ll just drive faster then.