How the Dutch Slow Drivers for Safer Streets #shorts

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A short from Not Just Bikes on how Dutch street design slows drivers down. It shows traffic calming that works through the shape of the road instead of signs.

HN uses it as the short answer to how to get drivers to slow down, in threads on pedestrian deaths and distracted driving.

“Typical traffic calming techniques, such as those outlined in this brief Not Just Bikes video, would be helpful”

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@ahoy2023 · in “U.S. pedestrian deaths reach a 40-year high”
Stop signs basically dont work anywhere. If you want people to drive slowly, you have to build streets that make them do so. If anyone is interested in this stuff, the youtube channel NotJustBikes talks a lot about this and related topics. Here's a short video on how "traffic calming" infrastructure gets drivers to slow down, and we all know that stop signs just dont. ▶ this video
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@alamortsubite2021 · in “Ask HN: What is “the answer” to distracted driving due to cell phones?”
Typical traffic calming techniques, such as those outlined in this brief Not Just Bikes video, would be helpful: ▶ this video
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