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Comment by PunchyHamster | Hacker News Reader

that might be news to you but those people don't give a shit about speed limits

Worse than that, driving can be a partially subconscious activity and people tend to drive at the speed that "feels" right. It's why the best approach to slowing motor vehicles in places with people walking is to physically design the road to feel uncomfortable driving too fast, rather than slap a 20mph sign on a wide straight road.

> It's why the best approach to slowing motor vehicles in places with people walking is to physically design the road to feel uncomfortable driving too fast, rather than slap a 20mph sign on a wide straight road.

Unfortunately that doesn't facilitate bad people's need to stomp other people with the state and without bad people who want to stomp people with the state there wouldn't be enough people on the bandwagon to get anything done. That's the unfortunate deal with the devil that is faced in pretty much every area of public policy.

Narrow spaces using concrete and steel poles. Too fast will wipe out your vehicle rather than a person.

Doesn't even have to be anything that harsh. Narrow, twisty tree-lined lanes, speed humps, paved road surfaces that are louder inside the car

Yep, tree lined also works. But its quicker to put in posts.

Arrest them, take away their cars. Repeat until they do "give a shit".

How many kids will be isekai'd in the process?

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