Re:What science reveals about our tendency toward corruption
by foxglacier on Tuesday November 12, 2024 @07:16PM
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Of course you can design a road to be safe at high speeds but normal roads aren't and normal people can't judge the safe speed.
Re:What science reveals about our tendency toward corruption
by thrw42A8N on Tuesday November 12, 2024 @07:17PM
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I think that depends on the place. I can imagine that US cities with straight wide streets and roads are very hard to judge. But I can't imagine anyone having trouble with that in any European city... The top speed would be your last problem in any capital - you celebrate when it's not 0.
Some try to dismiss this by saying that there are areas with lower speeds - yes; they're placed where you need to slow down anyway, it's more like "hey buddy, beware of this sharp curve" rather than "we will milk your wallet if you go 1 km/h over this idiotically low speed". I go to Berlin regularly (500km) and my speed average including the slowdown areas is around 230 km/h and I'm not even close to the fastest one on the road.
The best thing about this? The German diesel engine - drinking less fuel at these speeds than an American truck on idle.