Re:20 years after 9/11: Will we ever stop taking our shoes o...
by woko on Thursday September 09, 2021 @10:26AM
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> while still being OK with high speed limits that kill thousands of people per year.
The French government tried to tackle this issue. This lead to months of yellow-vest protests, close to a revolution at times. Some dude forced the door of a ministry with a bulldozer. Others set fire to a prefecture. Death threats everywhere. Small Guillotines were built. Etc. The protests were sill rocking after a year, and were put to a temporary stop due to COVID lock-down.
tl;dr: nobody would dare decrease the speed limits again.
The French government tried to tackle this issue. This lead to months of yellow-vest protests, close to a revolution at times. Some dude forced the door of a ministry with a bulldozer. Others set fire to a prefecture. Death threats everywhere. Small Guillotines were built. Etc. The protests were sill rocking after a year, and were put to a temporary stop due to COVID lock-down.
tl;dr: nobody would dare decrease the speed limits again.