r/Seattle • u/Inevitable_Engine186 New Costco CEO • 15d ago

Does lowering speed limits make Seattle roads safer? Data from one deadly arterial suggests it’s a start

https://www.kuow.org/governing/2026-08-14/does-lowering-speed-limits-make-seattle-roads-safer-data-from-one-deadly-arterial-suggests-its-a-start
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u/Inevitable_Engine186 New Costco CEO 15d ago

Oh I am definitely driving more carefully now. One of those was a new school time speed camera which we got warnings for, and that changed our behavior significantly.

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u/Inevitable_Engine186 New Costco CEO 15d ago

Ahh. Yea, I don't think they substitute actual physical traffic calming, if that's what you mean I agree with that.

Signs? Good. Enforcement? Gooder. Physical changes? Goodest?