@boem to World NewsEnglish • 1 year agoOn Friday 8 December, the speed limit on most roads in Amsterdam will be lowered to a maximum of 30 kilometres per hour (km/h)www.amsterdam.nlmessage-square50arrow-up1177arrow-down17 starcopymore-verticalflagCreate ReportslashBlock usercross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1170arrow-down1external-linkOn Friday 8 December, the speed limit on most roads in Amsterdam will be lowered to a maximum of 30 kilometres per hour (km/h)www.amsterdam.nl@boem to World NewsEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square50 starcopymore-verticalflagCreate ReportslashBlock usercross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-5•1 year agoWhich is pretty close to the speed limit of almost all the roads in Manhattan. Not sure why this is “world news” lol arrow-up11arrow-down16file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoI don’t know about there in the US, but in the Netherlands, we follow the speed limits. I hear crazy stuff about speeding in the US. arrow-up13arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@WogilinkEnglish4•1 year agoDriving in the US is done on feeling alone. It doesn’t matter what the limit is, it matters what speed you think feels best. Everyone’s always doing that and if you’re only going the speed limit you’re probably obstructing the flow of traffic. It’s absolutely as bad as it sounds arrow-up14arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoHere we modify the road so it feels unsafe to go over the limit. This can be the type of road, speedbumps, etc. arrow-up12arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@WogilinkEnglish2•1 year agoWe do that too, sometimes. Mostly we just make them wider and more hostile to pedestrians arrow-up12arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
Which is pretty close to the speed limit of almost all the roads in Manhattan. Not sure why this is “world news” lol
I don’t know about there in the US, but in the Netherlands, we follow the speed limits. I hear crazy stuff about speeding in the US.
Driving in the US is done on feeling alone. It doesn’t matter what the limit is, it matters what speed you think feels best. Everyone’s always doing that and if you’re only going the speed limit you’re probably obstructing the flow of traffic.
It’s absolutely as bad as it sounds
Here we modify the road so it feels unsafe to go over the limit. This can be the type of road, speedbumps, etc.
We do that too, sometimes. Mostly we just make them wider and more hostile to pedestrians