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IDK to me that sounds like downplaying the issue. Drunk driving is not ok, not even in remote parts of Scotland. As for driving 35 in a 30 zone... I can agree
by est31 6y ago
IDK to me that sounds like downplaying the issue. Drunk driving is not ok, not even in remote parts of Scotland.
As for driving 35 in a 30 zone... I can agree that it's not much of an issue if it's next to a school and you drive in the middle of the night: there won't be any children entering or leaving the school at that time. But generally, these racers drive way faster, and don't give a fuck about any of these rules, red lights, etc. They see the roads as a racetrack. On the computer or console, they can play GTA V or whatever, I don't care. Just if they do it in the real world they deserve harsh punishments, as the risk of killing people is so extremely high.
- Fnoord 6y agoThe thing is expectations and boundaries. As a participant of traffic you need to be able to feel secure, regardless of day or night. So in your example (and I live near a school and 30 km/hour street near it), if there is hardly any traffic at night you don't expect anyone either. Which might make someone driving 50 km/hour even more dangerous than when everyone is driving too hard constantly during day.
- est31 6y agoHmmm that's a good point indeed. I never said that you should drive 35 in a 30 zone, just that it's less of an issue than say drunk driving or road racing. Accidents can still happen though.
- whoooooo123 6y ago30 v 35mph is not a trivial increase. It's nearly 20% faster. And kinetic energy scales quadratically with velocity. According to a popular UK road safety campaign, if you hit a pedestrian at 35mph you're 2.5x more likely to kill them than if you hit them at 30mph (50% chance vs 20% chance) https://www.roadwise.co.uk/using-the-road/speeding/the-chance-of-a-pedestrian-surviving/ https://www.roadwise.co.uk/using-the-road/speeding/the-chanc...