World Health Organization of the UN for Tempo 30 in Viennese road traffic.
Wien. On the occasion of the latest demand by the UN World Health Organization (WHO) that Tempo 30 instead of Tempo 50 should be introduced in local areas around the world, the Verkehrsclub Österreich (VCÖ) analyzed the number of road fatalities: In the last five years there were 81 road deaths in Vienna 32,102 injured – that’s twice the population of the inner city.
VCÖ expert Michael Schwendinger calculates that a car needs around 24 meters to a standstill at 50 km / h, and only 11 meters at 30 km / h: “In Brussels, 30 km / h reduced the number of traffic accidents by more than 75 percent. Vienna must also count on it. “
Of course, two thirds of Vienna’s streets are already 30 zones, in the rest of the way there are often public transport, the speed of which would collapse at 30 km / h …
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