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Man, sorry for the downvotes. This link -> http://www.lsp.org/pdf/troopc85thSpeed.pdf http://www.lsp.org/pdf/troopc85thSpeed.pdf doesn't include any references,
by URSpider94 9y ago
Man, sorry for the downvotes. This link -> http://www.lsp.org/pdf/troopc85thSpeed.pdf http://www.lsp.org/pdf/troopc85thSpeed.pdf doesn't include any references, unfortunately, but the statements are that:
-- 55% of drivers regularly exceed the speed limit, meaning that the speed limit represents the 45th percentile speed
-- driving between the 50th and 90th percentile speeds is the safest
Taken together, driving at the speed limit is significantly unsafe.
- chopin 9y agoAs far as I understand your comment, driving at the speed limit is unsafe because everybody is speeding. Sounds like a self-fulfilling thing. Maybe it would be even safer if the majority would obey the speed limit?
- URSpider94 9y agoDid you read the link I posted? Theres lots of empirical data out there that says that drivers drive the same speed on a road, regardless of the posted limit. That speed is based on their judgment of the road - sight lines, shoulder width, sharpness of curves, etc.
- TheCoelacanth 9y agoPeople speed because of poor road design and poor enforcement of speed limits.
- CamperBob2 9y agoJust curious (and not trying to challenge or be confrontational), how long have you held a driver's license?
- CamperBob2 9y agoAnd the idea that the speed limit itself is the problem... is there any room in your worldview for that possibility? Why not lower it to 5 MPH on a nationwide basis? Think of all the lives that would save!
- CamperBob2 9y agoMan, sorry for the downvotes. You have to remember that many people on here probably don't own a car, or necessarily even hold a driver's license. They most likely either live at home or at school, or take a bus to work (NTTAWWT).