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What makes you so sure they were drunk or high? I’ve most often seen it during morning commutes, and the speed at which they were successfully pulling off multi

What makes you so sure they were drunk or high? I’ve most often seen it during morning commutes, and the speed at which they were successfully pulling off multiple lane changes with very narrow margins leads me to believe they weren’t impaired. You could remove every driving law and just replace it with a single sentence—use common sense and don’t endanger other people by being reckless. But eventually after the 400th time someone does it, it starts to makes sense to add an optimization to the system that says “on this stretch of road driving faster than 100 mph is automatically reckless.”

WalterBright 5y ago
> What makes you so sure they were drunk or high? Inability to keep the car straight on a 4 lane freeway when there's no traffic means drunk or high. High speed recklessness to me is overdriving your ability to see ahead and react. This varies considerably even on the same stretch of road due to lighting, weather, traffic, etc. 60mph can be way too slow on a fine sunny day with no traffic, and insanely reckless on an icy day in high winds.
- sarchertech 5y ago
  > Inability to keep the car straight on a 4 lane freeway when there's no traffic means drunk or high. I’m not talking about people who physically can’t keep the car straight. I’m talking about people who are driving significantly faster than everyone else and trying to get through traffic by rapidly switching lanes. > High speed recklessness to me is overdriving your ability to see ahead and react. This varies considerably even on the same stretch of road due to lighting, weather, traffic, etc. Yes it does. It also varies by car and driver, which makes it difficult judge/enforce at scale. It’s easier to create a heuristic that says in good weather, on this stretch of road, 85mph is too fast. Studies show that consistently enforced speed limits reduce accidents and fatalities. They may not be optimal, but it looks like they are safer than the alternatives.
  - ColonelPhantom 5y ago
    High speed variance can also be dangerous, since it encourages people to do overtaking maneuvers. This effect is probably significantly strong in low-visibility conditions.

WalterBright 5y ago

> What makes you so sure they were drunk or high? Inability to keep the car straight on a 4 lane freeway when there's no traffic means drunk or high. High speed recklessness to me is overdriving your ability to see ahead and react. This varies considerably even on the same stretch of road due to lighting, weather, traffic, etc. 60mph can be way too slow on a fine sunny day with no traffic, and insanely reckless on an icy day in high winds.

sarchertech 5y ago
> Inability to keep the car straight on a 4 lane freeway when there's no traffic means drunk or high. I’m not talking about people who physically can’t keep the car straight. I’m talking about people who are driving significantly faster than everyone else and trying to get through traffic by rapidly switching lanes. > High speed recklessness to me is overdriving your ability to see ahead and react. This varies considerably even on the same stretch of road due to lighting, weather, traffic, etc. Yes it does. It also varies by car and driver, which makes it difficult judge/enforce at scale. It’s easier to create a heuristic that says in good weather, on this stretch of road, 85mph is too fast. Studies show that consistently enforced speed limits reduce accidents and fatalities. They may not be optimal, but it looks like they are safer than the alternatives.
- ColonelPhantom 5y ago
  High speed variance can also be dangerous, since it encourages people to do overtaking maneuvers. This effect is probably significantly strong in low-visibility conditions.