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Re:Microsimulation of Traffic Flow by sdoering on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @10:56AM (#19674159)
This is a slippery slope. At least this puts pressure onto people to match the speed of people going faster. So this might lead to massively increased average speeds risking an increase in accidents.

Wouldn't it?

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Re:Microsimulation of Traffic Flow by Sohcahtoa82 on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @03:17PM (#19676452)
No, because average speed doesn't increase the number of collisions as much as speed differential does.

If everyone is going 70 mph, it's quite safe. It's the one moron going 50 mph or the one asshole going 90 mph that will cause the crash.

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