Man I'd hate to be one of the 40 subjects of this experiment
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this post was submitted on 05 Apr 2026
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- don't forget the driver. He's in no danger but comes out with serious ptsd
Depends on the driver. Also, I think Teslas "FSD" cars are a perfect candidate. Or, hell, Musk would probably do it himself, just for the fun of it.
The worst part is even if you survive they paint you all green
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But just wait for the deafening screaming of people when 30km/h limits are enacted in front of schools because that would dramatically reduce lethality of accidents, while costing car drivers maybe a few seconds of drive time, if at all. It is quite a spectacle.
How dare they put an authoritarian surveillance system (speed camera) near the school. This is an unfair tax on normal people. Its not about safety, it is about control. - most of my city until the province outlawed speed cameras entirely.
In all seriousness, paint doesn't enforce speed. What you need is to rebuild streets for that speed. Have a look at the Netherlands for reference. You need pretty little enforcement when streets are built for 30 km/h. Narrow, priority pumps at crossings for pedestrians, where your car seat is punch through your pelvis if you go anything faster than 30 km/h ...)
You are right, but there were also several studies done that proved the speed cameras lowered speeda significantly, even after the camera had been relocated.
Lets not let perfect be the enemy of good. Those cameras reduced speeds and generated revenue for the city that was specifically dedicated to making streets safer, including bollards, lane narrowing and speed humps. The removal of the cameras both made the streets more dangerous, and cut funding for real safety improvements. All because speeders were getting caught speeding and considered that unfair.
Sure. But if roads are built for the speed, the road enforces the speed. If driving faster will shake you so badly that it feels like an accident, most people won't do it. Also making streets narrow, with tight road crossings and curves, and subjectively more dangerous to the car drivers, actually makes streets safer, especially for people outside of cars.
Of course that is not possible everywhere and then speeding controls, including cameras are the next best thing.
We can't just update the roads for free. The cameras were a big part of the plan to make the roads safer.
Sure and don't get me wrong, this pro reckless driving action is nothing I support either.
I live near an intersection. Drivers will ten second horn blast because someone won't crawl up the arse of the car in front of them just so horatio can mount the kerb and get into a sliplane they can't exit until the lights change anyway
So what i'm saying is you're underselling the stupidity
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At least motorcycles are fair. If the pedestrian dies, you die as well
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Damn. I didn't realize it was so drastic. 100% fatality rate seems crazy, even rounded
Good thing we went from 60 to 50 km/h speed limit in the cities. We should go even lower!
Some Italian cities (like Bologna) already have adopted 30km/h speed limit in 70% of the streets
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There’s a new neighbor at the end of our street with small children. She always puts one of those green children at play signs in her front yard, yet insists on driving 25-30mph down our suburban street. The rest of the neighbors hate her.
KM/H 🥲
Now since you mentioned it - I'm grateful that it is not miles per hour ✨
The point is that it’s written "km/h". Units and prefixes are case sensitive
Oh neat, I'm one of the green people in the first two rows. Not 100% sure how fast they were going, somewhere in that range. Just glad it was a short sedan and not a big truck/SUV. I live in the US, could've easily been a truck and ran over me instead of me toppling onto the hood.
After watching Gen V, “fuck cars” got a different connotation.
okay but don't fuck it at any faster than 30 kph
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