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Re:Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death by hsdvw on Saturday August 02, 2025 @03:49PM (#44770779)
Maybe enforce pedestrian crossings instead. Zero deaths without annoying anybody.
Re:Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death by 9dev on Saturday August 02, 2025 @04:05PM (#44770920)
They had pedestrian crossings already, and that was not the deciding factor. It was the speed limit that kept people alive.

If people like you getting annoyed by having to drive slower is the price for just one person not dying in traffic, that’s already a win in my book.

Re:Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death by perching_aix on Saturday August 02, 2025 @04:30PM (#44771145)
Do you think people rightfully crossing crosswalks never get hit, or do you include the cars in the equation too? What about every other type traffic accident that could be prevented from being fatal by just lowering the speed?
Re:Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death by zahlman on Sunday August 03, 2025 @02:46AM (#44774599)
It takes almost no effort to find stories like https://globalnews.ca/news/10986468/robie-street-halifax-ped... .

(For reference, Halifax, Nova Scotia is maybe a quarter of the size of Helsinki.)