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The situation in Alberta, Canada πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ is out of control. A driver killed a one-year-old girl in Calgary. A few hours later, another driver killed a nine-year-old girl near Edmonton. (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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Both happened just outside their homes

https://globalnews.ca/news/11318727/calgary-toddler-dies-struck-by-vehicle-taradale/

https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/9-year-old-girl-on-skateboard-struck-and-killed-in-spruce-grove/

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[–] 24 points 1 year ago* (8 children)

I don't want to ban pick up trucks.

Instead, put 15km/h (10mph) speed limits in residential areas, 40km/h (25mph) speed limits on arterial roads, and an 105km/h (65mph) electronic highway speed limiter, exclusively for vehicles with bonnet height above 40" or 1m. That will mitigate the danger these vehicles have on our roads.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Vehicle-specific speed limits are long overdue. Even having 2 or 3 categories would go a long way.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Height limits for the front grille as well. So many trucks are up to my neck. It's ridiculous.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    don't forget to give these drivers the finger and flash your high beams at them when they drive towards you at night!

    so sick of getting blinded by headlights, flashing somebody, and then they flash their "high beams" back but it's almost impossible to tell the difference

    I do want to point out that while aiming and headlight height are a factor that makes it worse, it's the sheer brightness in the first place that's the main issue with headlights

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Enforcement, or the need for constant traffic surveillance, has already been raised as a problem with this approach. People tend to drive as fast as they feel safe on most streets, with the occasional unaware jerk screwing everything up. The threat of a possible ticket doesn't really work, or else we wouldn't have these problems in the first place.

    A better approach is re-engineering streets for traffic calming. Basically threaten drivers with breaking or damaging their vehicle if they try too drive fast and/or in a straight line. Way more effective.

    https://www.smatstraffic.com/blog/traffic-calming

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