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So this just happened in Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦. A driver hit a 17-year-old girl in a marked crosswalk, got out of his vehicle, got upset at her, before leaving the scene (cdn.imgchest.com)
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/airdrie-teenager-pedestrian-hit-1.7653471

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[–] 20 points 1 year ago (1 child)

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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  • [–] 7 points 1 year 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.

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