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Originally Posted by Dorebea
I don’t think anyone is suggesting there is a ‘safe speed’ to hit pedestrians. A big benefit of going slower is that it provides more reaction time to avoid accidents.
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Well there isn't, after all you can die of an epidural bleed after tripping over your own feet. There also has to be a happy medium in this "no such thing as risk free" world. If a pedestrian is walking a 2 1/2 mph, then a speed limit for vehicle of 1 mph would probably prevent all accidents of this type, however........
Also, while reaction time , IN GENERAL, slows with age, nobody knows the reaction time of every driver out there, and therefore the generalization that "everybody needs to slow down" is ridiculous. The people exceeding the speed limit need to slow down to abide by the law. There are others that need to "speed up". And once you are out of the bubble and on an interstate, you need to stay the **** out of the left lane if you are going 55.