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> it's the top few percentile that you need to restrain, not the masses And how do you propose to "restrain" them, if not by enforcing a speed limit?
by jfk13 5y ago
> it's the top few percentile that you need to restrain, not the masses
And how do you propose to "restrain" them, if not by enforcing a speed limit?
- Dylan16807 5y agoI'm not suggesting getting rid of speed limits. I was objecting to the idea that there is no natural speed, and that the group will "just escalate". Nothing else.
- alistairSH 5y agoI don’t think anybody is arguing speed limits should be abolished. At least not in any general sense. But, it’s plain enough to see that speed limits on some roads are wrong. I-495 in VA is a prime example. It’s posted at 55mph and traffic regularly flows faster (or slower, during rush hour). It really needs variable limits based on traffic volume instead of a dumb 55.
- jfk13 5y agoDylan16807's comment about > If you replace speed limits with "go a safe speed"... sounded to me like a suggestion that speed limits could be abolished in favour of a "use your judgement" rule, which I don't think is a sensible idea.
- Dylan16807 5y agoIt wasn't.