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Re:Cash payments above €3000 to be outlawed in Netherlands by willcipriano on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @10:24AM (#37236444)
Works with technology as well, the speed limits in your neighborhood were probably set when cars had drum brakes and poor visibility.
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Re:Cash payments above €3000 to be outlawed in Netherlands by reaperducer on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @10:29AM (#37236548)
Works with technology as well, the speed limits in your neighborhood were probably set when cars had drum brakes and poor visibility.

Speed limits are far more complicated than that.

They're used to reduce noise, create gaps in traffic so people can make left turns, give pedestrians time to cross a street, encourage people to see nearby businesses, and a hundred other reasons.

I've read a number of traffic studies in the last few decades. Some of them are fascinating in their technical depth.

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Re:Cash payments above €3000 to be outlawed in Netherlands by f1yght on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @10:29AM (#37236534)
Cars still kill people at high speed, human bodies haven't adapted to get hit by cars better.
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Re:Cash payments above €3000 to be outlawed in Netherlands by HPsquared on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @10:41AM (#37236760)
The cars have adapted to hit people better though, at least for a given size of car. See Euro NCAP pedestrian test. Cars have softer front ends, and they even pop up on impact to give a softer landing for the pedestrian. Also, automatic emergency braking systems.
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Re:Cash payments above €3000 to be outlawed in Netherlands by willcipriano on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @12:31PM (#37238530)
Automatic brakes, driver warning systems, better medicine to treat you if you do get hit. Less alcoholism and drunk driving. Radial tires, led headlamps, automatic windshield wipers, daytime running lights, ABS, airbags, hell I think a lot of cars didn't even have seatbelts standard back when some of these were set.

Can't even get 5 more mph on the highway.

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Re:Cash payments above €3000 to be outlawed in Netherlands by ilyt on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @10:33AM (#37236607)
The reflex of people didn't got faster so while some could probably use some reasonable bump it's not as much as you think.
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Re:Cash payments above €3000 to be outlawed in Netherlands by mrguyorama on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @12:29PM (#37238506)
Nah, physics didn't change in the years since, and neither has human reaction time, both things that have a much more significant impact on road safety than modern rubber or brakes.
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