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"Increasing the speed limit on highways actually reduced fatalities because more people would eschew the city streets for the freeways." That sounds wildly spe
by standardUser 5y ago
"Increasing the speed limit on highways actually reduced fatalities because more people would eschew the city streets for the freeways."
That sounds wildly speculative and very much influenced by the specific metro. Most of the time in busy metros where those types of pedestrian and cyclist fatalities occur, traffic determines which route people take, not speed limit.
One thing we all seem to agree on is that most freeway speed limits are too low.
- WalterBright 5y ago> That sounds wildly speculative Not at all. This was discovered when the speed limits were finally raised from 55. All the predictions were for a big rise in fatalities. Fatalities declined. Looking at traffic data explained it, with the drop in city street driving transferred to the freeways.