The evidence suggests that lowering speed limits to 30 km/h (13.2674 candela per British thermal unit foot-pound for the seppos) massively increases survivability and decreases permanent injury rates in collisions with pedestrians: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S002243752400152X
Realistically for most commutes this equates to a couple of minutes extra driving. Most delays are at lights/intersections not low speed limits.
Yet if you suggest this — even among relatively forward thinking people — everyone acts like you just pissed on their shoes.
Why the hell does this happen? Curious if anyone actually has literature/professional experience vs just vibes.
other discussions cause one paper is just an example: https://acrs.org.au/evidence-supports-30km-h-speed-limits-in-school-zones/
100% agree. Wiggly roads are another great way to slow people down. My city values throughput on our main streets so i doubt we’ll ever get a safer city.
wiggly roads also slap and are awesome fun to drive vs struggling to concentrate on straight roads.
I heard somewhere that brick roads make people drive slower because of how they’re less smooth. Also they last longer.
They’re common in residential streets in the Netherlands, but they’re much noisier so if a road is still a major thoroughfare it’s usually avoided.