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[–] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I wish my neighborhood would do this. 25mph feels really fast on my street. I usually hover around 15-20 when I'm not paying attention to my speed.

Edit: I am surprised that this was my third most controversial comment since I've joined

[–] theplanlessman@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's been surprising to see just how many pro-car users seem to lurk on these anti-car/pro-alternative transport communities.

[–] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

They're probably imagining me as that Prius or something slowing them down in traffic. My neighborhood is basically one lane when people are parked, and there are a lot of kids, so if they drove the road they'd understand.

[–] Name@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Make cars use more gas by having operate at speeds they aren't meant to operate at constantly. Check.

Make people sit in cars longer resulting in longer commutes and more pollution. Check.

Claim that some number printed on a sign magically saves lives. Check.

Do literally anything to actually address the issue at hand. Not check.

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Also way to make money from the shitload of speeding tickets lol

[–] comfisofa@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

This will hopefully ensure less people get hit by cars when the fights inevitably break out on the roads near pubs after Wales lose to Fiji and Australia and exit in the group stage of the Rugby World Cup this month

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wouldn't this, in the end, make cars have to shift to a lower gear, thus keeping about the same RPM, and thus eating about the same amount of fuel, which results in about the same volume of the sound produced by the car?

This feels like a terrible fix.

[–] Perfide@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

A lot of cars can cruise at 20-25mph just idling in Drive, foot completely off both gas and brake. The RPMs don't get much lower than that.