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Re:No traffic deaths in Helsinki for a year by levocardia on Saturday August 02, 2025 @05:43PM (#44771841)
I think you also have to enforce it. Helsinki also has many automatic speeding cameras. I doubt just putting up a 20 mph speed limit sign would make a big difference without more enforcement.
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Re:No traffic deaths in Helsinki for a year by BolexNOLA on Saturday August 02, 2025 @09:41PM (#44773406)
Maybe not but people tend to not go more than 5-10mph over unless they’re on the interstate/highway. If it leads to overall significantly slower traffic it’s worthwhile.
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Re:No traffic deaths in Helsinki for a year by ekianjo on Saturday August 02, 2025 @09:56PM (#44773462)
make cars not go faster than 30 mph at the engine control level. Problem solved and no need to put thousands of cameras everywhere.
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Re:No traffic deaths in Helsinki for a year by Earw0rm on Sunday August 03, 2025 @03:49AM (#44774902)
But muh freedumb.
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Re:No traffic deaths in Helsinki for a year by DaSHacka on Sunday August 03, 2025 @06:49AM (#44775628)
"'freedumb' is when you want your car to be capable of going over 30 mph"
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Re:No traffic deaths in Helsinki for a year by Earw0rm on Sunday August 03, 2025 @09:30AM (#44776467)
Which is fine and good on any road where the speed limit is over 30mph.
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Re:No traffic deaths in Helsinki for a year by petre on Sunday August 03, 2025 @12:14AM (#44774034)
Speed sensors that turn the traffic light red for 10 seconds are also quite effective without making the place dystopian with CCTVs and fines. I've seen it in Portugal. At the other end is Austria, which uses cameras and fines.
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