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Posted by BrooklynBus on Thu Aug 27 10:26:07 2015, in response to Re: Why the Emphasis on Pedestrian Fatalities?, posted by Stephen Bauman on Thu Aug 27 07:41:55 2015. I have no time now to address your second point.You totally missed the other point I was making because of your narrow tunnel vision whereby the only fatalities that matter are pedestrians. I was not questioning lower speed limits in work zones so the point I was making went completely over your head. I am saying that all vehicular deaths are just as important. We need to make the same effort to curb them as pedestrian deaths. If driving at slower speeds results in fewer deaths whether ter be pedestrians or those in motor vehicles who are killed, why lower the speed on arterial roads to turn them into local streets without lowering the speeds also on limited access highways. Wouldn't a 40 mph speed limit on limited access highways result in fewer deaths than a 50 mph speed limit, not that I am advocating that? Yet you insist arterials should be eliminated where there are no highways near them because it's safer for pedestrians. By advocating that and not proposing lower highway speed limits you are valuing a pedestrian's life greater than a motorist's life. That s my point. |
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