@aus_der_UBahn @Tuuktuuk @EUCommission “The only way to make cars safe is to ban them.” Here we go again with the pub talk… what else do you want to ban to keep people safe? Public transport may work for Hamburg and many other metropolitan areas. But Europe doesn’t only consist of those. For rural areas, it is often inefficient and impractical, that is beyond questionable arguments like “comfort”.

@Tuuktuuk @aus_der_UBahn @EUCommission on an individual level, yes - scaled up to millions of people, I don’t think it is negligible.

@aus_der_UBahn @Tuuktuuk @EUCommission I believe lowering speed limits has - beyond lowering road deaths - other consequences. Time spent on roads is an economic factor. That’s why it is indeed a political issue, not a knowledge issue.

@aus_der_UBahn @ppulfer @EUCommission This isn’t - your former statement was 😉

@aus_der_UBahn @ppulfer @EUCommission Interesting study! However: "If a speed limit of 120 km/h were applied to all currently unrestricted sections of German autobahns, it would […] save 58 lives each year." This corresponds to a ~2.1% decrease of GER road deaths - considering that this number has decreased by 9% within 5 years without any introduced speed limit, I think there is not much substance to this measure, especially in EU context.

@aus_der_UBahn @EUCommission
Alright, so better rely on your pub talk instead of scientific research?! Germany is the only EU country w/o a general speed limit. As per road safety statistics 2024, with 33 road deaths/million, GER is well below the avg. of 45 deaths/million, although having a higher than avg. population density. How do you get to the conclusion that a speed limit in GER is the main factor for road safety in EU?
https://transport.ec.europa.eu/news-events/news/road-safety-statistics-2024-progress-continues-amid-persistent-challenges-2025-10-17_en