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Wales’s 20mph speed limit has cut road deaths. Why is there still even a debate? (www.theguardian.com)

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Even with the caveats about limited data and untangling causation and correlation, the statistics are striking: the first year of a scheme in Wales where the speed limit on urban roads was lowered to 20mph resulted in about 100 fewer people killed or seriously injured.

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[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Fantastic! wonder how people are adjusting? Walking more, pooling trips, or avoiding slow roads?

I wondered at the definition:

defined as roads where lamp-posts were no more than about 180 metres apart.

Will this result in worse lighting to avoid the reduced speed limit?

[–] sping 8 points 1 month ago

Not sure why they'd adjust. It's mostly urban areas where top speed makes little difference to journey times. Journey times are generally decided by how long you spend waiting at every light and intersection.

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