Reasons to Love New York 2014 - Reduced Speed Limit -- New York Magazine

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11. Because Reducing the Speed Limit Will Save 92 Lives This Year


New Yorkers are more likely to be killed by traffic than murdered by guns. So Vision Zero, the de Blasio�supported initiative to lower speed limits from 30 miles per hour to 25, has great potential to save lives. An adult hit by a driver speeding at 40 mph is five times more likely to die than one hit at 25 mph.