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By g. (anonymous) | Posted October 27, 2008 at 01:19:26
mr. meister, you have entirely missed my point in rushing to blame pedestrians and somehow, though it had nothing to do with the post, cyclists as well. you are ignoring the fact that everyone makes mistakes. even your children at some point in their lives will make a mistake. or a driver of a vehicle who misses a stop light or sign because they are distracted or driving too fast, or changes a lane inappropriately. the difference is as i stated the potential result of this mistake.
also, i completely refute your claim that ANYTHING has been done to improve the safety of a pedestrian being hit by a motor vehicle. it simply ignorant to suggest that it is as safe to be hit by a car as a pedestrian as it is to be hit in another vehicle. i will say that more people die every year by vehicle vehicle collisions but that is simply because there are thousands more of this type of accident than between a car and a pedestrian.
if we can save lives, which statistically we can by reducing speed limits, why shouldn't we? in your mind it is not worth saving lives because it will inconvenience drivers by increasing congestion and somehow introduce "chaos?" how will reducing the speed limit introduce traffic chaos? the speed limit of the QEW and the 401 are pretty high and i don't see them any less chaotic at rush hour than any city street. in fact, i would rather be a pedestrian in a safely congested street any day than a major highway or intracity highway like main street or cannon street clipping along at or usually above the speed limit.
i will conclude by saying that our roads are anything but safe regardless of whether you follow the rules or not. 31 people died on hamilton roads last year. doesn't sound too safe to me.
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