It can be both of these. People do drive with disregard to the safety of others, and if the road was designed better drivers would naturally slow down to protect themselves and their car.
There’s numerous forms of traffic calming beyond speed bumps - raised intersections at crossings, chicanes on one-way streets, curb extensions at crossings, median islands for pedestrian crossings, placing trees along the street side to limit distant vision, and even just adding some curves to a long street will all naturally compel drivers to slow down.
I can see examples of all of these everywhere I go in the Netherlands, and it works: we have ~4 vehicular deaths per 100,000 compared to the US’ 12.6 per 100,000.
No, it implies people drive recklessly with complete disregard for the safety of others
It can be both of these. People do drive with disregard to the safety of others, and if the road was designed better drivers would naturally slow down to protect themselves and their car.
There’s numerous forms of traffic calming beyond speed bumps - raised intersections at crossings, chicanes on one-way streets, curb extensions at crossings, median islands for pedestrian crossings, placing trees along the street side to limit distant vision, and even just adding some curves to a long street will all naturally compel drivers to slow down.
I can see examples of all of these everywhere I go in the Netherlands, and it works: we have ~4 vehicular deaths per 100,000 compared to the US’ 12.6 per 100,000.