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Re:No traffic deaths in Helsinki for a year by SoftTalker on Saturday August 02, 2025 @04:20PM (#44771049)
I agree, but if the streets are set up accordingly, it's about as fast as you'd normally want to drive anyway.

For the standard US road with 12-foot-wide lanes and generally straight-ahead routes, 20mph does feel very slow. I've driven on some roads though where narrower lanes, winding paths, and other "traffic calming" features contribute to a sense that 20mph is a reasonable speed.

Re:No traffic deaths in Helsinki for a year by timeon on Sunday August 03, 2025 @02:55AM (#44774655)
Yes narrower lanes is "traffic calming" in itself. Residential roads and city streeets should have different lanes than highways.