• frankPodmore@slrpnk.netOP
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    24 days ago

    This is also yet another reason SUVs are bad: bigger tyres, higher weight, more wear, more pollution.

    It’s also another reason to have lower speed limits: less friction, less wear, less pollution.

    • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml
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      24 days ago

      You want trains because they are good for the environment.

      I want trains because chugga chugga choo choo.

      We are not the same.

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      23 days ago

      I learned recently that speed limits are determined by studying the speeds driven and setting them at the 85th percentile.

      So what we can do to lower speed limits is to find a place they’re doing a traffic study and repeatedly drive over them at very low speeds.

      • Tehdastehdas@lemmy.world
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        22 days ago

        We can lower the speeds driven by putting bushes right next to the lanes. They increase perceived speed.