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> Subsequent research suggests significant biases in the Solomon study, which may cast doubt on its findings With the logic presented in the theoretical founda
by treesknees 5y ago
> Subsequent research suggests significant biases in the Solomon study, which may cast doubt on its findings
With the logic presented in the theoretical foundation section, it seems that the safer move would actually be slow down and match the speed of all the trucks and other large vehicles... which won't happen.
Matching speed sounds great, except there are always people willing to go faster and faster. In my state they raised the speed limit from 70 to 75, it just means more people are going 85-90. How is that safer?
- filoleg 5y agoTo address your last paragraph, everyone going 85-90 is less safe than everyone going 70-75, you are correct. However, you individually going 70-75 when everyone else is going 85-90 is less safe than you going 85-90 like everyone else in the exact same situation. >there are always people willing to go faster and faster That’s why no one says “go as fast as the fastest vehicle you see”, it is “go with the general speed of traffic”. That’s an exercise for human judgement to figure that one out, which is why imo it isn’t a smart idea to have the car automatically lock you out of overriding the speed limit.
- FireBeyond 5y ago> However, you individually going 70-75 when everyone else is going 85-90 is less safe than you going 85-90 like everyone else in the exact same situation. And yet the roads are full of vehicles literally incapable of going 85. Many trucks cannot do more than 69mph.
- kiba 5y agoPeople are going faster because they felt it's safer, not because of the speed limit. You can design roads that cause humans to slow down and be more careful.
- CamperBob2 5y agoOr you can just set the speed limit appropriately, in accordance with sound engineering principles. A radical notion, I guess.