Finland has virtually no pedestrian/cyclist fatalities in their roads. In 2018, Canada had 332.
Slowing cars down and priotitizing other road users is communism… We cant allow this! We need to preserve our freedumbs!!!
We cant implement the things Finland has done. We have winter here, unlike them!
“We deliberately have narrow lanes, so the driver doesn’t feel comfortable”
🤣 I love that so much. Driving should be made to be uncomfortable because it keeps drivers alert. It also helps to disincentivize driving over other forms of transportation.
It drives me crazy here when there’s a road with 3 lanes in each direction, big open space, and a wide sweeping gradual curve, but then a sign that says “50km/h” and a speed trap.
I could cruise down that street and take that corner at 100km/h easily. Why did you build it that way if I’m meant to be going 50! It just makes people feel frustrated if the “natural” speed is so much faster than the posted speed.
That’s a poorly designed road, that’s why. Only highways should be fast because there is no expectation of cyclists or pedestrians being remotely close to those vehicles.
And those 3 lane roads, at least around here, have poor pedestrian and cycling infrastructure beside them, so they really do need to be much slower than they are.
Reduce enforcement on highways and increase enforcement on residential roads. The Autobahn gets that right: if you’re only threatening yourself and other drivers, then the responsibility is on yourself and other drivers. If you’re threatening pedestrians without a ton of metal surrounding them, fuck off.
