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Helsinki records zero traffic deaths for full year

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1163 points DaveZale | 1 comments | 30 Jul 25 16:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.015s | 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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Dig1t[dead post] ◴[02 Aug 25 19:53 UTC] No.44770819[source]▶
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sapiogram ◴[02 Aug 25 20:00 UTC] No.44770886[source]▶
Making drivers miserable is part of the intention, they want people to drive less because it's annoying as hell for everyone else.
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userbinator ◴[02 Aug 25 21:10 UTC] No.44771499[source]▶
And those with that intention are authoritarians that need to be kept out of government.
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1. Muromec ◴[02 Aug 25 21:23 UTC] No.44771651[source]▶
But Finland is a democracy. People clearly voted for it.