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[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Speed limits absolutely do work if there are cameras and consequences. Unfortunately everyone seems to have decided that suspending licences and siezing cars is a human rights violation.

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[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 13 points 3 years ago

Speed limits do work, but the road should be designed with the speed limit in mind. Just slapping a new sign up and reducing the speed limit is going to lead to non-compliance - even if the speed limit is enforced by police.

The UK recently released figures on speed limit compliance. For 20mph roads (30-35kph) they primarily measured roads that didn't have traffic calming measures recommended for 20mph roads (ie the roads don't "feel" like 20mph roads), and they found 85% of drivers exceeded the speed limit.

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