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Unpopular opinion: people should just not speed. Even speeding just a little bit at high speeds drastically increases your car's emissions and is also dangerous
by elil17 6y ago
Unpopular opinion: people should just not speed. Even speeding just a little bit at high speeds drastically increases your car's emissions and is also dangerous (~40% increase in chance of death in a head on collision at 60 mph vs 55 mph). I don't think giving people a tool that helps them break what is in my mind a good/just/important law is the right move on Apple's part
- alliao 6y agoSo I live in New Zealand, and there was a period where cops were going all out with their new gadgets, and pulling people over whenever people speed above 4km/hr above speed limit that's like under 2.5MPH for you yanks. I don't know how good you're at knowing how fast you're going. When the margin's that tight, you're going to either be very rich with a Tesla that's going below the speed. Or quite rich with a car like BMW that lets you set top speed. Or you're just going to go slow. like 10km/hr slower especially if you can't afford it. The knock on effect was ridiculous. The trip took longer, and the amount of road rage witnessed on a daily basis was quite visible, wasn't a happy period for sure.
- propogandist 6y agofor any that are curious, I just learned the default, maximum speed limit in New Zealand is just 62mph! It seems living on an island paradise changes the need for speed.