Re:Almost every speed limit is too low (2017)
by bryanlarsen on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @03:40PM
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Driving too slow results in more accidents.
Driving too fast results in more fatalities.
It might be nice to decrease both, but I know what I care more about reducing.
Re:Almost every speed limit is too low (2017)
by joe_the_user on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @04:44PM
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Sure but the argument is what can be controlled. The major portion of drivers are going to be driving as fast as the road allows, some portion faster and some will drive as fast they read on the sign (as they tap on their phones). We can ticket the reckless drivers, maybe have devices to reduce the average but raising the speed limit to the speed of the bulk of traffic makes sense, as per argument in article.
But in busier roadways, what I've observed is that slow drivers tend to be biggest danger now - and that is naturally because slow drivers tend to also be distracted drivers (by cellphones or otherwise). Naturally, such distraction is a bigger and bigger phenomena and dealing with them by making it clearer how they ought to drive seem OK.