[sustran] [World Streets] Twenty is plenty

[Eric Britton]

>From today's  World Streets at  <http://www.worldstreets.org/>
worldstreets.org 
 
 
<http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kbTo-M_pSuw/SnvJY4Vx9uI/AAAAAAAABWM/SkpUeRYlWIw/s
1600-h/ws-pic-watkins.jpg> A pedestrian hit by a car at 40 mph has a 95%
chance of being killed, at 30 mph this becomes 50% and at 20 mph it becomes
5%.
Dr. <mailto:Stephen.Watkins at stockport-pct.nhs.uk>  Stephen J. Watkins,
National Health Service, Stockport, UK 

Speed contributes to causing accidents and it also increases their severity.

Most child pedestrian road deaths would be averted if people drove at 20mph
in side streets. As few places are more than a mile from a main road, few
journeys involve more than two miles on side roads (a mile at each end). The
difference between driving two miles at 20mph and at 40mph is 3 minutes. We
are killing our children to save less than three minutes on our journeys.
 
 
--> The full text of this article appears in World
<http://newmobilityagenda.blogspot.com/2009/08/carsharing-in-us-quo-vadis-he
rtz.html>  Streets today at http://WorldStreets.org/
 
-> To read all World
<http://newmobilityagenda.blogspot.com/2009/08/carsharing-in-us-quo-vadis-he
rtz.html>  Streets articles on health, safety  click to
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Streets at 8/07/2009 08:33:00 AM
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