• KptnAutismus@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    i misread that, and thought the entire country was going to implement it. this really does make a lot of sense (in this particular city). but i woudn’t go around and limit traffic in every city to 30km/h like some politicians in germany tried to do.

    • jtr42@feddit.de
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      11 months ago

      I’m not aware of any german politician wanting to implement a general speed limit of 30 in every/any city. Instead there is an attempt to allow cities/mayors/city planners to implement speed limits on individual streets for a variety of reasons. As of now many reasons like noise, risk to other road users, even schools/kindergartens in the vicinity are often not sufficient to warrant an individual speed limit according to road traffic regulations.

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        11 months ago

        The workaround Germans seem to have discovered is to have roadworks that last indefinitely.

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      11 months ago

      30kph in every city centre makes sense. It’s safer for everyone, including drivers. Nobody wants to hit a cyclist or pedestrian and you can see more at this speed, and have a shorter length to stop.

      It also encourages people to take ring roads if they need to be on the other side of a city and need to have their car there.

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      11 months ago

      Wales implemented it country wide. Almost all 30mph limits are now 20mph.