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Okay but have you considered that the lives saved would belong to filthy peds and cyclists, and no number of their dead and mangled bodies merits slightly inconveniencing a good upstanding driver even very sightly?
Because literally every policy maker has.
Astounding new research suggests that if we get rid of cars and make people walk to work, public health greatly improves and traffic fatalities drop to zero.
Nationwide nfrastructure collapses, but that's a small sacrifice to improve public health.
Yeah, it's impossible to move stuff without cars.
But does it inconvenience drivers for a few seconds? That's the real horror. \s
That seems dangerously slow. It's been researched and observed many times that people pay much less attention and take higher risks at lower speeds.
Just restrict central zones to commercial and public transport traffic only.
But at what cost 😩
Edit: If people are allowed to drive faster, they’ll be texting and driving for less time 🧐
Even including that the speed limit saves lives. It's not like they controlled for distractions; if they do indeed get distracted note that did not lead to more accidents.
I don't live in London but I did visit there for a week so feel qualified to comment.
There's no point to any speed limits in London. Literally, abolish all of them.
Traffic never gets above 10mph anyway, walking is literally faster and I was in greater danger from the Cyclists using the pavements.