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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: 0s | source
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Nurbek-F ◴[02 Aug 25 02:58 UTC] No.44764571[source]▶
Someone has to put a chart near it, describing the decline in driving in the city. When you're limited to 30kmh, you might as well get a scooter...
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thomascountz ◴[02 Aug 25 08:05 UTC] No.44765653[source]▶
A 30 km/h limit and decline in driving means zero people have to die. If enforcing scooters meant zero people have to die, I'm not sure what the objection is, truly.
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hsdvw ◴[02 Aug 25 19:49 UTC] No.44770779[source]▶
Maybe enforce pedestrian crossings instead. Zero deaths without annoying anybody.
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1. zahlman ◴[03 Aug 25 06:46 UTC] No.44774599[source]▶
It takes almost no effort to find stories like https://globalnews.ca/news/10986468/robie-street-halifax-ped... .

(For reference, Halifax, Nova Scotia is maybe a quarter of the size of Helsinki.)