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Apparently pedestrians should take personal responsibility but not drivers
Yeah, I meant that anything above the 20% threshold is too fast! But below is within the Goldilocks zone.
Yeah I get that. I try to stay close to the speed limit myself, but try more often to take the train or to walk whenever possible. I wish it was more widely available in the States and not a horrible chore to try and use transit in most states.
Also just dangerous...my local train system is simply not safe to use once it starts getting late as a woman. I truly wish I could use it more often, but the safety factor makes it very difficult for me.
It's such a sad reality, and I'm sorry that you experience that.
I think part of it is the mandatory driving culture - if you can afford a car you will drive, so you only take public transit if you can't afford to drive yourself. That, plus public transit in the US is typically only available in high population cities, and it feels like there's little law enforcement around transit locations.
I'm sure there's other reasons as well but it's a really unfortunate situation altogether.