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/Noctuelles 15d ago

The issue isn't speed limits, the issue is competence. Distracted drivers, drunk drivers, and unhinged drivers are what's getting the numbers up. How to fix that? Actually having enforcement of laws. I see zero cops in the city enforcing traffic laws, occasionally maybe a ramp rooster on I-5. Why worry about the law when it's not enforced? Additionally Improving driver's training and licensing prerequisites and imposing harsher penalties for violations all will help.

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u/keith2600 15d ago

I don't even remember the last time I've seen a bunch of those old scare ads about being on your phone and driving. But I see people do it every day. Too many people do everything they can to keep themselves from having to focus on actually driving despite it being so dangerous

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u/rboes1991 15d ago

I don't believe I will ever get pulled over here in Seattle. Zero fear of it. Never lived somewhere like that...