boem@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months 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.nlexternal-linkmessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1176arrow-down17 cross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo
arrow-up1169arrow-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.nlboem@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square50fedilink cross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo
minus-squareWogi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 months agoThat is just shy of 20 miles an hour for the guys that need freedom units
minus-squareGiveMemes@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down6·11 months agoWhich is pretty close to the speed limit of almost all the roads in Manhattan. Not sure why this is “world news” lol
minus-squareMoonRaven@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months 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.
minus-squareWogi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months 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
minus-squareMoonRaven@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoHere we modify the road so it feels unsafe to go over the limit. This can be the type of road, speedbumps, etc.
minus-squareWogi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoWe do that too, sometimes. Mostly we just make them wider and more hostile to pedestrians
That is just shy of 20 miles an hour for the guys that need freedom units
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