Reducing the speed by 10 km / h on the Paris ring road would result in a 23% drop in the number of accidents.
From this Friday January 10, the speed will be officially limited to 70km / h on the Paris ring road against 80km / h today. And according to road safety experts, the impact of this measure on mortality is not negligible. Evaluated at night, when traffic was fluid, the City of Paris estimates that the reduction of 10 km / h would result in a 23% drop in the number of accidents and a reduction of nearly 65% in the number of serious injuries and killed.
Encouraging drivers to take their foot off the accelerator goes, of course, through coercive measures but also through a change of mindset vis-à-vis speed. Communication campaigns oscillate between the violence of the image and the positive suggestion. Recently, the French director Guillaume Canet had opted for a softer formula, without collision or shock sequence.
But it is a New Zealand clip on road accidents that is creating the buzz on the internet today by choosing a median register. Already viewed by millions of internet users around the world, this video shows two men in a car passing each other at an intersection on a small side road. As one arrives too quickly, the impact seems inevitable.
And that’s when the scene freezes, the two drivers then see time stand still. One of them gets out of his vehicle and explains to the other who is driving too fast that his son is in the back of the car. The latter replies that unfortunately he is going too fast, and that it is too late. Then, each one gets back in his vehicle, and the shock of a formidable intensity between the two cars arrives. We can imagine a fatal collision …
Source: YouTube
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