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Japan’s introduction of new standards halving the speed limit to 30 km/h on narrow city streets without sidewalks has become a topic of discussion in the “europe” community on the overseas forum Lemmy. The thread featured comparisons with other countries — “Romania already had a 30 km/h limit,” “Winnipeg, Canada is switching more residential streets to 30 km/h” — alongside a lively tangent about a real place called “Japan” in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It never turned into a serious dispute; the thread was mostly trivia and lighthearted banter.
Japan halves speed limit to 30 km/h on all narrow city streets
Source: theguardian.com / Read the original article
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Starting in 2026, Japan introduced new standards uniformly halving the speed limit on residential streets without sidewalks (narrow city roads) from 60 km/h to 30 km/h. The move is backed by National Police Agency data showing that narrower roads have higher pedestrian fatality rates, and the policy is aimed at protecting pedestrians. The thread showed almost no opposition to the policy itself, focusing instead on comparisons with other countries, such as “Romania already had a 30 km/h limit” and “Winnipeg, Canada is switching residential streets to 30 km/h too.” The other big draw was a tangent about a real place called “Japan” in the Dutch province of Gelderland, kicked off by a comment that misunderstood which country the article’s “Japan” referred to. Overall, it wasn’t a contentious debate — mostly an exchange of trivia and light jokes.
*This article excerpts and freely translates, into Japanese, the Lemmy c/europe thread “Japan halves speed limit to 30km/h on all narrow city streets,” as rendered by our editorial team. Our site takes responsibility for the translation.
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