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> On the other hand I cannot imagine reintroducing that concept of 'no limit' easily. Advisory signs suggesting speed for /typical/ car. Adjusted once in a whi
by dexen 15y ago
> On the other hand I cannot imagine reintroducing that concept of 'no limit' easily.
Advisory signs suggesting speed for /typical/ car. Adjusted once in a while by local citizens as they know the local road conditions best. The driver can now make well-informed decisions. If you have super-duper tyres and suspension you mentally add 32% to suggested speed. If you are the next Ayrton Senna, you add 64%.
You can re-define legal sense of current speed limit signs overnight, with one congressional act.
I believe drivers would trust citizen-maintained signs much more & follow the advice, to the boot.
- darklajid 15y agoWhile I'd like that approach in theory, I see two issues with this: 1) It doesn't answer my 'going from some limit to no (declared) limit' thought experiment. I still think that this is ~hard~. 2) Who are the local citizens to change the signs? Who's responsible for signs on highways/streets through parts of the country w/o a lot of people? On a sidenote: Advisory speed limits are exactly what DE is doing: If there's no sign indicating something otherwise, the Autobahn has an advised maximum speed limit of 130km/h. If you go faster, you might lose parts of your insurance protection (depending on the results in case of an accident). It's legal, but in that case you're just ignoring the friendly suggestion to stay at 130.
- arnoooooo 15y agoYou're completely ignoring the fact that most everybody thinks they're the next Ayrton Senna, and that people are very bad at estimating risks.