The surprisingly not so doomed effort to force US drivers to stop speeding
The surprisingly not so doomed effort to force US drivers to stop speeding
The need for speed is killing people.
I'll say it again: the problem isn't speeding, it's recklessness. Speeding, depending on circumstances, can be reckless, but recklessness is far more encompassing and speeding does not by default equal recklessness.
53Agreed wholeheartedly. As long as people stick to their lanes and respect the lane priority, there's no problems.
Autobahn has fewer fatalities per km than your average city highway.
Racing has been safer than commuting for years.
Absolute speed isn't the problem - it's relative speed. Always has been. The problem is, the politicians need a line that even their constituents can understand, to rile up a mob.
26IMO "speeding" doesn't mean "driving fast". It means "driving too fast for the conditions present". The Autobahn is designed for high speeds, city Streets aren't.
3And the fucking sadists in power (not everyone in power, just the sadists) are eager to take away driving freely and being in control of the car, which is a genuine feeling of pleasure that the lower classes get to experience.
There are those for whom the goal is misery. For them the misery isn’t a side effect of their own gain. It is the gain they seek.
1Agree. This is why average speed over distance enforcement is so effective.
It gets people to concentrate on their speed and it gets people to drive at very similar speeds.
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Right, going 5/10/15 even 20 over isn't going to make much of a difference especially on a highway.
Most road speed limits are set too low anyways because old people constantly complain to the city about them.
That being said, the fucks that are going fucking 60 in a 25 are absolutely being reckless regardless of how much they're paying attention
12It does make a difference, especially around pedestrians.
“Speeding accounts for nearly one-third of all fatalities on our roads and puts everyone at risk, including people in other vehicles, pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists and people with disabilities,” Acting Administrator Carlson said.
https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/speed-campaign-speeding-fatalities-14-year-high
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- its driving
Honestly the fact we drive tons of metal at high speeds to move a couple hundred pounds/kilos of people is so silly.
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Perhaps I’m unusual but I am only speeding because everyone else disregards the speed limit in my area, and it would put myself and my family at increased risk if I didn’t go with traffic.
I’d much prefer to go slower for the fuel economy.
32I rarely check the speed limit. I always go with the flow in order to avoid accidents. It's downright dangerous to drive the speed limit in some highways.
18I usually go slightly faster or slower than most everyone else. It ensures i dont do my entire drive stuck in one of the packs that everyone seems to get caught up in. I'd much rather have half a mile of space between me and the next car than go the same speed as everybody else.
This doesn't work in cities, or other states, but i spend my longest drive times going between cities in texas anyways.
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I want that extra mpg, but I'm not going to die trying.
I live in a city though, so I really only need to speed if I'm out in the burbs or on the loop.
9I'm not sure what roads you're talking about, but if you're on a highway, the answer is just to stick to the right.
I say this, because countless people ignore this part of the rules of the road. The left lane is always for passing.
2The rightmost lane on my local highway runs at 10 over the posted speed limit on most days.
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The ideal speed for best fuel economy really depends on the type of car you drive. Many sports cars get better fuel economy at 75MPH rather than 55MPH.edit: no quality sources to back up claim
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Sounds good, but we should also consider how the design of the street can encourage drivers to go faster or slower.
9I wasn't planning on getting rid of my low tech beater anytime soon but now I'm really not going to.
5You could make sane speeding laws and enforce them where it matters.
But we'll get a fat ass sitting on the highway getting someone doing 15 over in low traffic.
But this type of garbage, this is the shit that puts Trump's in office. Nanny state bullshit that serves to piss people off.
-2work a job that requires the work vehicle to not go five over the speed limit and it feels like we are crawling going down any road, highway, or interstate
speed limits should be thrown out the window at this point and are only benefiting police
-15Yo, I'm alive because of speed limits.
1and am about dead because of them
not being allowed to go more than five over and everyone else is going ten or more likely over ten miles an hour
coming down hills especially in Tennessee it feels like the people behind me are going to cream me
if there were no speed limits could at least not have that worry
places like South Carolina refuse speed limit cameras stating privacy concerns
without everyone adhering to said speed limits then only the cops are benefiting from them and they become useless
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If speed limits were taken away, every crash would be fatal
-2Lolol just making shit up at this point 🤣🤣
0nobody on the road follows them as it is
constantly getting bumper humped
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