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>Speeding kills and seriously injures people. No, delta-speed kills and seriously injures people. I was stoped on an off ramp yesterday in traffic with cars pa
by zionic 4y ago
>Speeding kills and seriously injures people.
No, delta-speed kills and seriously injures people. I was stoped on an off ramp yesterday in traffic with cars passing feet from me going 55+ mph. This was FAR more dangerous than being in a group of cars going 85mph in good conditions on a controlled access superhighway.
US speed limits are a joke and aren't even taken seriously by the people whose job it is to enforce them. Most of the US lets you go 10+ over with near-zero chance of police interdiction.
- btrettel 4y ago> No, delta-speed kills and seriously injures people. Both are dangerous. I've heard the delta-speed argument a lot before and its proponents do a good job explaining why it's bad, but the fact is that absolute speed does matter a lot too. Plus, delta-speed practically equals speed when a vehicle collides with a relatively stationary object like a pedestrian or a cyclist.
- zionic 4y ago>Plus, delta-speed practically equals speed when a vehicle collides with a relatively stationary object like a pedestrian or a cyclist. If your road/city/transportation system is _routinely_ creating high delta-speed (and delta-mass) interactions then it is poorly designed. As I said elsewhere I have nothing against bikes, but I do have a bone to pick with people who suggest cars/bikes/pedestrians belong on the same grid such that they routinely interface with one another.
- btrettel 4y ago> As I said elsewhere I have nothing against bikes, but I do have a bone to pick with people who suggest cars/bikes/pedestrians belong on the same grid such that they routinely interface with one another. Do you believe that for roads with speed limits 25 mph or below?