There would, of course, still be the possibility of collisions and even fatalities - but the loss of human life would be far smaller.
And really: Who (except the police and other emergency vehicles) needs to go faster than 35 mph?
Regards,
Even on Interstate highways where major cities are hundreds of miles apart?
Tractor trailers loaded with products going cross-country at 35 mph?
Try driving at YOUR speed from Seattle to Miami.
See how much you like it.
You will probably fall asleep and wreak your car.
There would still be fatalities due to passengers in the 35 mph car getting strokes or heart attacks and being unable to reach an emergency room in time. There are only so many ambulances available, particularly in remote areas.
What are you talking about? 35 mph??? Are you 80 yo??
,,, let me just change into my sack cloth and ashes. Do we want to risk the lives of emergency vehicle operators at 35mph? They're valuable people so they need to make the shift to unicycles now. There's only one way I look at the Lamborghini issue... when they're not being crashed it may very well be that running a Cessna is cheaper. The cost of changing a cambelt is all part and parcel of making the best two days of ownership the day you buy one and the day you sell one - thank God for my Benz.
Speaking on a more serious note, one doesn’t have to go fast most of the time. Most of the average person’s driving is street traffic and not highway.
I used to drive like most everyone else. I always saw it as getting ‘there’ as fast as possible and why are these idiots getting in my way.
Now I see that I was an idiot. I was one of those whose driving could lead to accidents for others.
I read a story that told how to deal with road rage. That was step one. Step two was proving to myself that I could drive slower than everyone else and yet arrive faster than others.
Also, wear and tear on tires, engine reduced.
More reaction time in case others have to brake or jump to another lane to avoid something.
I arrive in a relaxed state.
I get to laugh as I roll past the Mario Andretti types at the stoplight because they went faster.
I use the same technique on the highway , especially during backups. I’ve learned to keep my cool while I watch the Lane hoppers. They see the lane next to them open a little and boom, they switch over to it (often without even signalling). Then that lane starts backing up and they watch for the lane they were in before to open up and they hop back over. They never get it that the reason the ‘open’ lane ‘closes’ back up is because of THEM and the other drivers doing the same. It’s a shame that Driver’s Ed can’t teach young drivers what is important. Even if they had I’m sure I wouldn’t have listened.
I’ve also noticed, being older, the competition factor at stop lights. If you react quickly on green and take off ahead of cars next to you, they will speed up enough to pass you and then set their speed based on where (how far) they are going before they have to turn or stop. It’s a psychological thing which we are basically PROGRAMMED to do. Maybe that’s why they call it the human RACE.
“If all motor vehicles on the roads came from the factory with a built-in device that limited their maximum speed to 35 mph, this sort of accident wouldn’t happen as often.”
You ARE blowing smoke up our asses, right? Imagine not having the ability to “speed up” in order to pass safely and to avoid accidents, objects, etc.
Lesley…Lesley McNair…is that you? Good God man I thought you were KIA in France!!!
“ “Tanks must be fast enough to outmaneuver infantry, but speeds above 25 miles per hour are rarely needed in practice.””
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“And really: Who (except the police and other emergency vehicles) needs to go faster than 35 mph?”
Did you forget the /s ???
Your panacea of mass transit runs at a loss.
The eminent late Professor Walter Williams suggests that would could completely eliminate vehicle death with a mandated 5mph speed limit.
Expect the stress related heart attacks from going too slow. And the boredom of the six-month cross-country road trip.
Sarcasm…..I suppose
Excellent! And you just KNOW that there’s a significant number of leftists who fall for this kind of argument every single time. “Who really needs a 30 round clip? Except of course for the military. And the police. In fact, with the military and police to protect us, why does anyone really need any kind of guy at all?”
P.S. I drive at or below the speed limit around town, or in heavy traffic, and am on High Alert in those settings. I also own a vehicle that will take me to just around 190, if the manufacturer is right.
Absolutely wrong. The total hours wasted by unnecessarily increased travel times would amount to a great many human lifetimes. Hours of life lost are lost, whether they're lost a few at a time with each journey or all at once in a wreck.
In October of 1942, the US imposed a wartime speed limit of 35 mph. In 1943 and 1944, the car crash death rate per capita was 25% HIGHER than it was in 2023.
If the Safety Nazi's mantra of "Speed Kills" were true, not a single astronaut would have got back from the moon alive. And driving needlessly slow wastes more human lives in lost productivity than driving at sensible speeds takes in accidents.
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