> There are many cases where wide roads with good visibility and few pedestrians crossing have 20mph limits.
> My road has a 20mph limit. On the bit I live on it makes no difference - narrower, parked cars etc. means you drive very slow anyway.
Make up your mind ;)
Re:No traffic deaths in Helsinki for a year
by Dylan16807 on Monday August 04, 2025 @03:29AM
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There are many cases, and the bit where they live is not one, but a nearby bit is one.
If you're making a joke I don't get it. Can you explain it?
There are many cases where wide roads with good visibility and few pedestrians crossing have 20mph limits. In one egregious case I experienced recently near identical stretches of the same road (it was a main road, I think an A road, passing through a built up area) switched between 20 and 30 mph limits. If anything it created a significant distraction keeping track of the limits.
There are a number of other roads like that have 20mph limits. On the other hand narrower side roads in the same areas has 30mph limits.
My road has a 20mph limit. On the bit I live on it makes no difference - narrower, parked cars etc. means you drive very slow anyway. Further down the road is broader and clearer. I think the reason maybe to encourage people to use the bypass instead of driving through the village so it may be reasoned- although I suspect the speed bumps are more effective at doing that.