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Narrow streets are safer for cyclists. Cars tend to drive as fast as feels safe regardless of posted speed limits, which makes wide streets into dangerous spee
by dzdt 10y ago
Narrow streets are safer for cyclists. Cars tend to drive as fast as feels safe regardless of posted speed limits, which makes wide streets into dangerous speedways.
- mikeash 10y agoAlso, wider streets tempt drivers to pass unsafely, while narrow streets make it clear that you simply can't pass and are stuck behind the cyclist.
- burfog 10y agoSlower cars kill you slowly. Dropping the speed from 40 MPH to 20 MPH means it takes twice as many milliseconds to grind you against a planter, mailbox, bus, parked car, etc.
- enoch_r 10y agoThis is wildly untrue--to a greater extent than one might expect. If you're a pedestrian and are hit by a car at an impact speed of 40mph, you have a roughly 50% chance of dying. The odds of death if you're hit at 25mph are roughly 12%.[0] That's in addition to the fact that slower cars are much less likely to hit you at all, because they have more time to brake and maneuver before impact. [0] https://www.aaafoundation.org/sites/default/files/2011PedestrianRiskVsSpeed.pdf https://www.aaafoundation.org/sites/default/files/2011Pedest...