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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Sun Oct 11 22:17:59 2015, in response to Re: The Benefits of Slower Traffic, Measured in Money and Lives, posted by BrooklynBus on Sun Oct 11 17:29:10 2015. There is a big difference between designing safer automobiles to reduce injuries and deaths (No one would be against that except possibly automobile makers because it might increase costs.)The problem is they have not done anything to make cars safer for pedestrians in 35 years. They are not likely to do anything in the next 35 years either. The only remaining option to make cars safer for pedestrians it to reduce vehicle-pedestrian impact speed. redesigning streets to slow speeds Most drivers don't respect speed limits. It's simple to rig a speed limit alarm on the speedometer. None of the car manufacturers has installed such alarms. Drivers have objected to automatic devices to record speed limit or red light violations. The only means left to reduce impact speed is to design the roads. One such strategy is to reduce lane width. The other day I drove on the very narrow Summit Street. The speed limit is 25 mph, but in my opinion it is not safe to go faster than 10 mph. It appears this strategy works. We need [s]peed limits that make sense, not a ridiculous default speed of 25 mph, especially for needed arterials. Again, the speed limit is set to reduce pedestrian deaths and serious injuries. The automobile manufacturers have refused to redesign their vehicles to accomplish this at higher impact speeds. I have never heard the AAA speak against mass transit to promote automobile use. The AAA has lobbied against diverting road tolls and gas taxes to support mass transit. You may recall the AAA recently opposed the latest increase of PANYNJ tolls in court. |
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