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I still live in Montana. While it's inaccurate to say that there was never a speed limit, my information indicates that even without injury tracking, the articl
by presidentender 17y ago
I still live in Montana. While it's inaccurate to say that there was never a speed limit, my information indicates that even without injury tracking, the article's points are still valid. The injury rates during the "reasonable and prudent" period followed the death toll pretty closely - why would higher speed collisions result in more injuries and fewer deaths?
Disclaimer: I'm speaking from memory, not research.
- wglb 17y agoWell, what I don't see there (and i didn't drill down) is what effect the different speed limits had on actual speeds traveled. I suspect that some people take the posted limit as a suggestion (plus 10 or 20%), whereas no posted upper numerical limit might throw people on their judgement, which might have a lower aggregate speed limit. Pure conjecture here.
- brc 17y agoI think that this is probably valid. Many people, without knowing the posted limit, will actually travel slower that what it is (or would be). This wouldnt' be the case on interstate roads, but on more rural roads. Some people always try and stick on the limit even if the road conditions are not at the optimum.