• errer@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Looking at the video he does appear to be going that speed or less. Probably why she isn’t dead.

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      4 days ago

      Which is exactly why we should have 30 km/h speed limits. The difference in survivability is massive at lower speeds.

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        4 days ago

        On a course i was once given the statistic that at 30mph 90% of pedestrians die, and at 20mph 90% live.

        Now consider (from the same course) that breaking isn’t linear and most stopping happens at the end. So if you’re going 30 and would stop at point x during an emergency stop, then if you start an emergency stop at the same point while doing 40 you’ll reach point x doing 30.

        Yeah. I don’t speed, especially in areas with pedestrians.