Helsinki hasn’t had a single traffic death since July 2024. This change gets credited mostly to new 30 km/h speed zones, especially near schools and for protecting people on foot and bikes. Accident numbers have dropped sharply compared to the past, thanks to lower speed limits, better crosswalks, more policing, and lots of public transport investment. Other European cities try similar things, but Helsinki’s results are exceptional.

Na sauber, do we really believe this fairy tale, ja? “No traffic deaths!” Because suddenly everyone is crawling through the city at bicycle speed and, surprise, the cops are everywhere with their speed guns. Take a wild guess why people aren’t driving anymore—because they made it such a pain in the arse with all these bans and limits, you’d rather leave the car at home and freeze in some overcrowded tram. These so-called improvements always come down from above, just like the sausage-fingered paper-pushers in their plush offices want it. “Protect the children!”—that’s their favorite excuse for every freedom they take away. Meanwhile, big tech makes more cash with surveillance and city contracts, and you pay for it with your taxes AND your patience. And what happens if you dare to question all this? You end up on some list as a “dangerous driver,” while the media writes bedtime stories about paradise in the frozen north. Leipzig, Dresden, or Chemnitz: try to touch the speed limits here and see what happens—people would flip out! Don’t buy into this manufactured utopia, Leute, it’s all staged to drip-feed you one more restriction at a time.