To: Navy Patriot
Sure, if the speed limits are in the 70-80 mph range, slow drivers will cause accidents by disrupting the flow. But if the speed limit was only 40-50 mph and strictly enforced, the accidents and fatalities would go down.
I'm not favoring that, I'm just saying slower driving in general means less accidents and fatalities than faster driving. That's obvious. I live in Wisconsin, and one of the chief causes of winter accidents is driving too fast for conditions.
And everybody knows about the dangers of speed and alcohol. Like I said, if the roads and cars are well engineered, I don't care what the speed limit is if it doesn't cause an undue amount of accidents and fatalities.
To: driftless2
Sure, if the speed limits are in the 70-80 mph range, slow drivers will cause accidents by disrupting the flow. But if the speed limit was only 40-50 mph and strictly enforced, the accidents and fatalities would go down.From a Physics standpoint that is certainly true, but we have human nature involved here. In California, motorcycle lane splitting is allowed only with a low differential of speed (15 MPH). You split 15 MPH traffic at 35, you can get tagged under the speed limit, and likely get dead from being too clever by half.
Many states do not allow lane splitting at all, because of the wiggle room it gives bikers on differential of speed, at lower road speeds.
256 posted on
02/27/2014 2:45:00 AM PST by
Navy Patriot
(Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
To: driftless2
But if the speed limit was only 40-50 mph and strictly enforced, the accidents and fatalities would go down.
Flying pigs aside, setting speed limits ridiculously low is scientifically proven not to lower actual speeds, and creates more speed differentials that worsen safety. You can’t afford the kind of police state it would take to create compliance with low limits.
270 posted on
02/27/2014 4:27:43 AM PST by
Atlas Sneezed
("Income Inequality?" Let's start with Washington DC vs. the rest of the nation!)
To: driftless2
And everybody knows about the dangers of speed and alcohol.
Just like “everybody knows about global warming”, right?
Those two issues have a wide disparity between what the public, politicians, and media “know” and what the scientific research proves.
271 posted on
02/27/2014 4:29:08 AM PST by
Atlas Sneezed
("Income Inequality?" Let's start with Washington DC vs. the rest of the nation!)
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