Unpopular Opinion
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1. NO POLITICS
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4. Shitposts and memes are allowed but...
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Yeah why over complicate it
Is there a school somewhere where kids go and live near? Flat 20mph limit for a 1 mile radius around the school, then 30 mph for another mile radius around that.
Cars don't need to go at kid killing speeds anywhere near kids, regardless of if it's school hours or not
b-b-but the econommmyyyy
Thats pretty arbitrary. I don't think you need to be slowing down for kids around a school in the middle of the night. The thing about schools is they aren't like parks or something, kids aren't hanging around schools for fun. Before school opens and after after-school closes you are almost certain to NOT see a kid at a school.
Where I live, you have to slow down if kids are in the school zone regardless of the time or date.
Is that just, like, if you see a kid?
Yeah you're right actually, anyone, not just kids, ending up getting run over by a car is a pretty bad outcome:
Cars should never need to go above 30mph anywhere they might possibly cross paths with a pedestrian.
It's not that cars should slow down, they should only be permitted to speed up if there's zero risk to someone outside the vehicle
I promise you that if that became law, 95% of roads would be fenced off overnight.
I mean... isn't that how it works in cities? Like proper cities, not American suburbs? I'm in a pretty big city right now and I don't think I ever went above 30 mph until I entered the motorway