According to the Brisbane Times, an old woman died this week after an unfortunate accident in Logan. It also prompted a pedestrian rights group in Australia to call for a lower speed limit in housing-intensive areas.
On Thursday, a 67-year-old woman and a 67-year-old man were hit by a SUV. The old woman died and the old man was injured.
The woman was also the second person to die in a traffic accident on a road in southeastern Queensland, where. Caroline Davis was killed on her 33rd birthday as she crossed the central road of West Brisbane.
The next day, a man was injured by a vehicle in North Brisbane and was seriously admitted to hospital.
So far this year, the number of pedestrian deaths in Kunzhou has reached 16, compared with 14 in the same period last year.
The Australian pedestrian Commission called for a speed limit of 30 km / h for cars in Queensland's housing-intensive areas.
The speed limit for roads across urban and urban areas is 60km/h or higher, while the speed limit for housing-intensive areas in Kunzhou is 50 kmhm / h.
Harold Scruby, the commissioner's chairman, said the call for a lower speed limit was not intended to shift the responsibility of pedestrians, but rather to align Kunzhou's speed limits with those of other countries.
Harold told ABC Radio Brisbane: "most European countries have a speed limit of 30 kilometers where there are lots of pedestrians, and this is effective." In Brisbane, 92% of road users are pedestrians, 6% are vehicles, and 2% are cyclists. Why is CBD controlled by cars? "
Lowering the speed limit may limit the damage to pedestrians and reduce the incidence of car crashes, Scruby said.
"during normal working hours, the average speed of cars in most cities is 17 kilometers per hour. It's usually 6 p.m., when older people or people who use their phones don't see a car, and pedestrians who are hit by a 50-kilometer-per-hour car are twice as likely to die as a 40-kilometer-per-hour car. "
RACQ spokesman Paul Turner said that while Thursday's tragedy also reminded all road users to pay special attention, lowering the speed limit is not the solution to the problem.
"any deaths on the road are catastrophic, and we need to work hard to ensure that every road user gets home safely. However, we do not think that lowering the speed limit in housing-intensive areas will be effective. "