26-09-2023, 02:56 PM
If people are harmed by accidents caused by sober people driving at or below the speed limit, then dropping the speed limit is a good idea. If accidents are caused by the speed discrepancy between cars and trucks on main highways, then evening of the speed limit is a good idea. Everywhere else, the actual causes of the accidents should be addressed - drunk/drugged drivers travelling faster than the existing speed limit or failing to stay on their own side of the road. None of that is impacted by changes in speed limits which just punish the innocent without addressing the causes. And the speedsters carry on speeding and causing crashes.
It's great to see the economic factors finally being considered. If a truck takes longer to do its freight run and the driver has their number of runs per day reduced this has a direct effect on their personal livelihood and puts freight costs up for everyone. Especially supermarkets.
Schools should do what they can to reduce parents taking kids to school. Every school should have a rule that says no drop off or pickup within 500m of the school. Get kids bussing, walking or biking. Everything kenj says is right. We see it all at the school near us. It even has a side street with a safe parking area that doesn't get used. The main road has mothers lined up at 2:15 pm just to get a park.
Alternatively, another school I know has 5-minute only parks outside and that does help a lot. But the kids could still get some exercise and walk to meet the parents. If all of them did it, then it would be far safer overall.
It's great to see the economic factors finally being considered. If a truck takes longer to do its freight run and the driver has their number of runs per day reduced this has a direct effect on their personal livelihood and puts freight costs up for everyone. Especially supermarkets.
Schools should do what they can to reduce parents taking kids to school. Every school should have a rule that says no drop off or pickup within 500m of the school. Get kids bussing, walking or biking. Everything kenj says is right. We see it all at the school near us. It even has a side street with a safe parking area that doesn't get used. The main road has mothers lined up at 2:15 pm just to get a park.
Alternatively, another school I know has 5-minute only parks outside and that does help a lot. But the kids could still get some exercise and walk to meet the parents. If all of them did it, then it would be far safer overall.