Re:Is Every Speed Limit Too Low?
by bsder on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @08:43PM
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> "people are going to run red lights anyway, stop ticketing them"
Did you read the article?
The problem is that the speed limit doesn't correlate with accidents. The speed variance (or spread) however does correlate with accidents.
So, what the article says, very politely, is that the schmucks who regard the speed limit as an actual limit cause more accidents than the people driving at the consensus average.
And, just so you know, most people don't object to red light cameras for public safety. There are dangerous intersections where a red light camera would be quite appropriate.
However, much like speed limits, red light cameras seem to grow on revenue producing intersections with low fatality rates but a mis-engineered light sequence while somehow missing intersections which actually are low-volume but very dangerous.
Did you read the article?
The problem is that the speed limit doesn't correlate with accidents. The speed variance (or spread) however does correlate with accidents.
So, what the article says, very politely, is that the schmucks who regard the speed limit as an actual limit cause more accidents than the people driving at the consensus average.
And, just so you know, most people don't object to red light cameras for public safety. There are dangerous intersections where a red light camera would be quite appropriate.
However, much like speed limits, red light cameras seem to grow on revenue producing intersections with low fatality rates but a mis-engineered light sequence while somehow missing intersections which actually are low-volume but very dangerous.