{"id":2819,"date":"2026-07-15T14:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T11:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/odigos-ypeythynis-metakinisis\/tachytita\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T22:44:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T19:44:27","password":"","slug":"speed","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/en\/tips-for-safe-mobility\/speed\/","title":{"rendered":"Speed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>No.1 factor<\/strong> in both causing a road traffic crash and in determining its severity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maintaining a <strong>low speed<\/strong> helps a driver remain in full <strong>control<\/strong>. It enables them to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>remain <strong>fully aware<\/strong> of their surroundings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>identify potential hazards<\/strong> in time and <strong>avoid<\/strong> them<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>have more <strong>time to make appropriate decisions<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>perform <strong>avoidance<\/strong> <strong>maneuvers<\/strong> more precisely, safely, and effectively<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>stop<\/strong> the vehicle sooner by reducing both <strong>reaction distance<\/strong> and <strong>breaking distance<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the World Health Organization, a <strong>1% increase<\/strong> in <strong>average speed<\/strong> increases the risk of a serious road traffic crash by <strong>3%<\/strong> and the likelihood of a <strong>fatal road traffic crash<\/strong> by <strong>4%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The European Transport Safety Council estimates that <strong>reducing<\/strong> average <strong>speed<\/strong> by just <strong>1 km\/h<\/strong> on European roads <strong>could save<\/strong> more than 2,000 lives every year in Europe.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The No.1 factor in both causing a road traffic crash and in determining its severity. Maintaining a low speed helps a driver remain in full control. It enables them to: According to the World Health Organization, a 1% increase in average speed increases the risk of a serious road traffic crash by 3% and the &#8230; <a title=\"Speed\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/en\/tips-for-safe-mobility\/speed\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Speed\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[26],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-2819","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-speed"],"acf":[],"year_month":"2026-10","word_count":128,"total_views":"9","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"kniopw","author_nicename":"kniopw","author_url":"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/en\/author\/kniopw\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Speed","term_url":"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/en\/tips-for-safe-mobility-cat\/speed\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2820,"href":"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2819\/revisions\/2820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=2819"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=2819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}