Trading privacy for survival is another tax on the poor

Re:Trading privacy for survival is another tax on the poor by neutronicus on Monday March 18, 2019 @01:08PM (#19422888)

I've seen it asserted that it's actually safer to drive 55 when everyone else is going 75, despite the conventional wisdom you're quoting here.

So do you have a citation?

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Re:Trading privacy for survival is another tax on the poor by Nadya on Monday March 18, 2019 @01:17PM (#19422986)

I remember reading the study but I can only find broken references to it. This is from an .edu domain and although the citation to the study itself is broken - I hope it referencing the study counts for at least something.

From memory, the TL;DR of the study was "speed differentials cause accidents, not speeding" along with "speed differentials cause more likely to be fatal accidents". A car going 75 MPH rear ending a car going 70 MPH is going to do less damage and potentially be less fatal than a car going 75 MPH rear ending a car going 55 MPH.

I'll see if I can find the actual study.

[0] https://sites.psu.edu/siowfa15/2015/09/18/is-driving-faster-...

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Re:Trading privacy for survival is another tax on the poor by thedaemon on Monday March 18, 2019 @03:23PM (#19424259)

It's basic physics. Citation not needed.

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Re:Trading privacy for survival is another tax on the poor by JohnFen on Monday March 18, 2019 @03:33PM (#19424360)

There are a lot more variables involved than simply basic physics, though.

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