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The safety here is not on or off. Each increment of speed causes a corresponding increase of risk. That increase might be small, but that misses the point. The
by upofadown 11y ago
The safety here is not on or off. Each increment of speed causes a corresponding increase of risk. That increase might be small, but that misses the point.
The speed limits are a social contract. If someone feels they should increase the risk to others above and beyond that agreement then they can at least fund some civic infrastructure to balance things out.
- michaelt 11y agoI don't drive and I don't have a car - but if 85% of cars are exceeding the speed limit, it sounds like that law doesn't have the moral legitimacy that comes from the consent of the governed.
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoSpeed limits might not fit that 'moral legitimacy' model very well. We don't even think much about speed limits. We just drive. So morals don't enter into it. I'd say the street must not be posted right, or maybe its got an unusual speed limit for the type of road. That fools people. We have a local road on the West side that should be a thoroughfare. But its zoned residential, so 30MPH. Everybody speeds - there are no driveways, no slow traffic, no pedestrian traffic, no risk. I'd argue they just got the signs wrong.