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Speed limits are often arbitrary and based on some sort of government regulation on the area (a state speed limit for example) or just decreased where there are
by redredhathat 7y ago
Speed limits are often arbitrary and based on some sort of government regulation on the area (a state speed limit for example) or just decreased where there are narrower or winding roads.
The driver seems to be unaware of the negative effect she is having on the roads, creating a hazardous speed differential and upsetting other drivers.
I feel as though this is an inappropriate and dangerous place for the author to take her activism, putting others' lives at risk.
There is a reason why places such as the autobahn exist and have statistically lower accident rates when compared to standard roadways, even when there is no imposed speed limit. If someone like the author were to drive purposely slower than the traffic, the risk of accident increases greatly.
- rini17 7y agoSo you imply the best way to improve safety is to turn every road into autobahn, disallowing access to everyone except cars? This is incredibly wanton view. Nope. The drivers' job is to look out and calmly accomodate the driving to all obstacles. Whoever is upset by mere speed differential, is not fit to be a driver.
- redredhathat 7y agoI was not implying that, merely noting that there are other ways to improve safety rather than just slowing down. Check out this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_curve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_curve The Solomon curve describes the relationship between how likely one is to be involved in a vehicular accident based on their speed compared to the average speed of the road. The author doesn't seem to take this into account. It appears she is attempting to drive slower to protect those using roadways in other means such as biking, which would benefit from added infrastructure such as bicycle paths.