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Helsinki records zero traffic deaths for full year

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1163 points DaveZale | 2 comments | 30 Jul 25 16:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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max_ ◴[02 Aug 25 19:46 UTC] No.44770751[source]▶
"More than half of Helsinki’s streets now have speed limits of 30 km/h."

This is the only secret.

People over speeding is what kills.

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astura ◴[02 Aug 25 19:49 UTC] No.44770777[source]▶
For dumb Americans like me - that 18.641 miles/hr.
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1. SoftTalker ◴[02 Aug 25 20:20 UTC] No.44771049[source]▶
I agree, but if the streets are set up accordingly, it's about as fast as you'd normally want to drive anyway.

For the standard US road with 12-foot-wide lanes and generally straight-ahead routes, 20mph does feel very slow. I've driven on some roads though where narrower lanes, winding paths, and other "traffic calming" features contribute to a sense that 20mph is a reasonable speed.

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2. timeon ◴[03 Aug 25 06:55 UTC] No.44774655[source]▶
Yes narrower lanes is "traffic calming" in itself. Residential roads and city streeets should have different lanes than highways.