> A slow car is a safe car. A slower car is less likely to severely injure you than a faster moving car. Your safety factor has possibly improved to an unknow

> A slow car is a safe car. A slower car is less likely to severely injure you than a faster moving car. Your safety factor has possibly improved to an unknown degree given the particular intersection, roadway configuration and angle of incident, the car has in no way "become safe." > I've often wondered why lights don't seem to be timed in cities for how long it takes to walk a block The energy stored in a 3000lb+ object moving 30mph is far greater than the energy in an 150lb object moving 3mph. The overhead of having to start and stop movement as a pedestrian is not comparable and won't rise to the level of design criteria the way it will for vehicles.