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The article is in Dutch. The city is reducing the speed on many city roadways from 50 km/hr to 30 km/hr, to increase safety for cyclists and pedestrians. The goal is to reduce traffic injuries and deaths by 20-30%.

As usual, carbrains on social media are complaining left and right. "Some ebikes are faster!"

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[–] Steve@communick.news 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Changing signs does little to change drivers speeds.

[–] pc486@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

I'm reasonably sure Dutch civil engineers know this. They were the ones who rewrote the books on traffic safety.

[–] SirMaple__@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 hour ago

One of the best they came up with is the Dutch Reach.