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Re: Atlantic Avenue speed limit lower to 25 mph |
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Posted by BrooklynBus on Sun Apr 13 16:18:02 2014, in response to Re: Atlantic Avenue speed limit lower to 25 mph, posted by Stephen Bauman on Sun Apr 13 11:12:28 2014. How do you expect a driver to exercise due care when a pedestrian crosses in the middle of the street and misjudges the speed of the car thinking he can beat it across and then gets hit in spite of the driver's best attempt to stop or swerve?Yes the driver is always wrong and the pedestrian always right. Sorry, bit that is not true. I once saw a pedestrian do just that and was most likely killed because of it. The pedestrian and the car both took the same evasive action. The pedestrian speeded up to out run the car and the driver swerved to avoid him so they both collided. If only one took evasive action, there would have been no accident. The pedestrian who was jaywalking was definitely wrong and unfortunately paid the price. So let's make all good drivers suffer by adding countless minutes to their trips costing God knows how many dollars, so pedestrians can continue to be careless. Narrowing roads, more traffic lights, and slowing traffic are always the answer. DOT would never considering extending the time limit of amber lights to make it easier to stop or better signage, or merging lanes without any prior warning, or sudden left and right turn lanes that appear out of nowhere without prior warnings. There are other ways to increase safety besides making it impossible to travel anywhere. Then you will say but saving a human life is more important than anything else and is worth some sacrifices. Vision Zero is admirable but unattainable. By your logic all roads should have a ten mph speed limit to cut the fatality rate further. Why not? Isn't saving lives the most important goal of all. If drug companies used Vision Zero in developing new drugs, there would be no drugs on the market at all. |
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