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> significantly reduced speed limits. Booo... Booo skrause. Boooo. I don't know german, does that account for road type? I know the tire noise in my car is fr

by serge2k 10y ago

> significantly reduced speed limits. Booo... Booo skrause. Boooo. I don't know german, does that account for road type? I know the tire noise in my car is freaking horrible on the lousy plain concrete highway, but drops off nicely as soon as I hit any nicer material.

syncsynchalt 10y ago
Why boo? Reduced speed maps to vastly reduced pedestrian death and injury, encourages increased bicycle road share, and allows reduced lane sizes which increases the usable land in urban environments. All good things IMO.
- serge2k 10y ago
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXag4HcSfdc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXag4HcSfdc If we are talking about reducing speeds below 40 we are probably talking about highways as more urban areas are typically lower already.
  - lorenzhs 10y ago
    The speeds in the article are in km/h, not miles/h. Residential zones in Germany are 30 km/h, larger inner-city roads are usually 50 km/h, so this very much applies to cities too.
    - serge2k 10y ago
      ah derp. Proper units. Too much time in the states with silly freedom units.