Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours agoCalifornia governor vetoes bill requiring speeding alerts in new carsapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1154arrow-down18cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1146arrow-down1external-linkCalifornia governor vetoes bill requiring speeding alerts in new carsapnews.comCephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours agomessage-square34fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarebrygphilomena@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 hours agoIt’s weird to see 10mph considered reckless driving. In California, 10mph over is the slow lane.
minus-squareJustin@lemmy.jlh.namelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 hours agoIf you hit a pedestrian going 35 on a 25 mph neighborhood street, the majority of the time, that pedestrian will die. Probably closer to like 70% if you’re driving a truck. Going 10 over in pedestrian areas kills people. https://aaafoundation.org/impact-speed-pedestrians-risk-severe-injury-death/ To be fair, going 10 over on a highway isn’t as reckless.
It’s weird to see 10mph considered reckless driving.
In California, 10mph over is the slow lane.
If you hit a pedestrian going 35 on a 25 mph neighborhood street, the majority of the time, that pedestrian will die. Probably closer to like 70% if you’re driving a truck. Going 10 over in pedestrian areas kills people.
https://aaafoundation.org/impact-speed-pedestrians-risk-severe-injury-death/
To be fair, going 10 over on a highway isn’t as reckless.