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> Driving fast doesn't necessarily mean unsafe. In all studies I read or heard about, speed is a huge factor for increasing injuries and deaths. > You can be
by speedgoose 6y ago
> Driving fast doesn't necessarily mean unsafe.
In all studies I read or heard about, speed is a huge factor for increasing injuries and deaths.
> You can be driving the speed limit and be going at an unsafe speed.
Then you are driving too fast according to the law. At least in France or Norway.
> So the speed cameras make it more likely that people will be under the speed limit. But are the roads safer?
Yes. The numbers talk for themselves whenever a new speed camera is installed in a road.
- overscore 6y agoDo the numbers speak for themselves? In Ireland, at least, speed cameras are generally placed at compliance black spots, not accident black spots. Speed cameras on extremely safe motorways here have never been shown to reduce accidents, only to reduce speeding.
- speedgoose 6y agoSorry I don't feel like arguing or this topic anymore, excessive speed and safety.
- lb1lf 6y ago-I heard on the radio a few weeks ago that deaths on accident-prone roads which had had average speed cameras fitted were down by half. This was in Norway, but I expect the same holds true for other jurisdictions.