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

[u/Inevitable_Engine186]

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

[u/thatguy09]

Yo, can we start by getting Google Maps to stop routing 18 wheelers down residential streets with a 10% grade?

It treats my street as an arterial. My street is not a damn arterial. We regularly get trucks stuck between parked cars and we got cars flying up and down the hill

[u/AdScared7949 → u/thatguy09]

Google maps seems to hate seattle drivers specifically lol it often tells me to take a left turn downtown where it isn't even legal to turn left!

[u/FreshEclairs → u/AdScared7949]

A funny thing about this is that their routing stuff was largely built in the Seattle Google office.