"And we could save millions of dollars* by raising the speed limit!"
*Costs of deaths not included
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noodlejetski (he/him) - 4mon
the cost of being the capital city of one of the happiest nations on the planet
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Auth @lemmy.world - 4mon
thats me when I hear this news
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maniacalmanicmania - 4mon
Agreed. Hopefully they can repeat this success in the following years to come to show that it wasn't a fluke. My motivation for posting it here was to provoke discussion about the feasibility of doing something like this somewhere in Australia.
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Auth @lemmy.world - 4mon
Impossible, I've seen Aussie Dash Cams.
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maniacalmanicmania - 4mon
Yes well maybe we can set the bar a bit lower by starting with a town of say... 500 people.
Edit: Who am I kidding. We probably need to start with a ghost town.
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DavidDoesLemmy - 4mon
I think we have shot in cities if we separate cyclists. In rural areas we have no hope. Lots of bored kids getting drunk and driving too fast. You can't legislate away stupid.
maniacalmanicmania in worldnews
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
https://www.politico.eu/article/helsinki-no-traffic-death-roads-eu-accident-finland-driving-transport/cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/46096748
The rest of the world is never going to hear the end of this one.
You mean the good news or the pun?
The news. Now people will say "Helsinki had an entire year of no traffic deaths why arent you more like Helsinki"
Actually, they'll probably go the other way:
"Helsinki had no traffic deaths, but at what cost?
Sure it'll save a few lives, but millions will be late!
"And we could save millions of dollars* by raising the speed limit!"
*Costs of deaths not included
the cost of being the capital city of one of the happiest nations on the planet
thats me when I hear this news
Agreed. Hopefully they can repeat this success in the following years to come to show that it wasn't a fluke. My motivation for posting it here was to provoke discussion about the feasibility of doing something like this somewhere in Australia.
Impossible, I've seen Aussie Dash Cams.
Yes well maybe we can set the bar a bit lower by starting with a town of say... 500 people.
Edit: Who am I kidding. We probably need to start with a ghost town.
I think we have shot in cities if we separate cyclists. In rural areas we have no hope. Lots of bored kids getting drunk and driving too fast. You can't legislate away stupid.