BritBloke

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85% Of Car Drivers Break 20mph Speed Limits, Reveals U.K.’s Department For Transport in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

@PowerCrazy @mondoman712
Don't start me on public transit... 120 years ago my town had a fully-fledged tramway system which connected to other local systems spread over hundreds of miles centred on our local railway station.
The tracks were ripped up to provide space for parking...
Uh-oh! I got started!!!

85% Of Car Drivers Break 20mph Speed Limits, Reveals U.K.’s Department For Transport in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

@PowerCrazy @mondoman712
The 85% rule is insane. Basically, it means that speed limits are set by the most dangerous drivers.
The streets in my town were set out over 120 years ago. But as usual, cars have usurped the rights of prior users to the point where KSIs or peds and cyclists run at 4x the UK rate, and I don't even live in Florida. I mean, jaywalking laws were brought in to ease drivers' consciences about the number of pedestrians they were killing.