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In the UK a lot of residential areas have introduced 20mph limits (down from 30mph), close to no-one (except learner drivers) obey this new limit! :(
by richrichardsson 9y ago
In the UK a lot of residential areas have introduced 20mph limits (down from 30mph), close to no-one (except learner drivers) obey this new limit! :(
- Symbiote 9y agoIt's still an improvement, since before they didn't obey the 30mph limit. 25mph is much better than 35mph.
- richrichardsson 9y agoMy experience/estimation is it's still > 30mph they are driving. :(
- intrasight 9y agoAutomated speeding tickets will fix that quickly
- crankylinuxuser 9y agoIndeed. And automated driving will end a great deal of greed based revenue as well. And given the sensor data, proving lack of violation is trivial. The $64k question is: what will states and counties do without police citation revenue?
- intrasight 9y agoAutomated enforcement revenue will be much higher
- crankylinuxuser 9y agoIndeed, but when the automated system driving verifies real-time what the limits of the road are, it is trivial for an "Auto" to dispute and provide evidence. The only thing these auto-scammers would get are human drivers not driving precisely and accurately.
- andrewaylett 9y agoGenerally it only takes one driver wanting to stick to the limit for everyone else to do so too, because overtaking is contraindicated. Which isn't to say that it never happens :(. I live in Edinburgh, which has been gradually introducing 20mph limits over the last couple of years, and I've actually taken to them much better than I'd expected to: they don't reduce my average speed all that much, especially as the arterial roads are still 30mph, and they're much more pleasant when I'm out of the car.