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Yes, but unless all cars have speed limiters in them at those speeds, the drivers go faster regardless.
by 0xfeba 7y ago
Yes, but unless all cars have speed limiters in them at those speeds, the drivers go faster regardless.
- your-nanny 7y agothe context here was discussion of auto pilot, so irrelevant. but nonetheless, a lack of a speed limit does not imply uniformity of speeds traveled. some will go as fast as traffic and their vehicles allow them. others only as fast as they feel safe. others get adrenalin and dopamine hits from passing and weaving in and around other vehicles. I was driving 90+ moh and still got rear ended by someone going 100+ in Alabama.
- ocdtrekkie 7y agoMost people do not drive according to the speed limit, they drive according to the overall feel of the road and the safety of traveling on it. Wider roads with high visibility and gentle curves will naturally lead people to drive faster. Basically, you set the speed limit at the speed most of those drivers are already naturally driving at, so that the people who do mind the speed limit will travel at the same speed of travel as everyone else. And then, of course, obviously there will be outliers.