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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Mon Oct 12 21:44:51 2015, in response to Re: The Benefits of Slower Traffic, Measured in Money and Lives, posted by italianstallion on Mon Oct 12 17:25:46 2015. What next, 10 mph limits to even further reduce deaths? At some point, it gets ridiculous -- maybe we're there already. Not all deaths can be prevented. There has to be a cost-benefit analysis comparing safety to efficiency.The probability of death with an impact speed of 20 mph is 5%. Many European cities have imposed a 30 km/hr (18 mph) speed limit on their streets. just maybe, pedestrians should be accountable for their own stupidity. In NYC. Pedestrians are totally at fault in only 30% of pedestrian fatalities. Motorists are totally at fault in 53% of pedestrian fatalities. Motorists and pedestrians are jointly at fault in 17% of pedestrian fatalities. Death is an extreme form of accountability. Pedestrians are held accountable for the 30% of pedestrians for which they are at fault. They are also held accountable for the 70% of pedestrian fatalities that for which motorists are totally or partially at fault. |
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