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/
I mean I drive a car and that’s not my experience at all. Maybe some manuals, given cars don’t have wet clutches, but unless you’ve got a lead foot it’s really not difficult to drive with perfect speed accuracy above like 10 km/h in every car I’ve been in.
I’ve mostly driven Japanese and Australian cars, maybe cars you’ve driven have different mappings in the ecu in general?