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The solution to speed problems is to increase the speed limits on roads. Cars today are way better than 20 years ago and can handle 80mph with easy.

para_parolu 4y ago
Yet people are still the same. Increasing speed on some road may make sense. But it’s not a solution to all speed problems.
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- akira2501 4y ago
  Speed is rarely the only factor in a fatal crash. Alcohol and drugs are the more pertinent issues. Aside from that, pedestrians are 1/6 of all fatalities, as are motorcycles. Most remaining fatalities are single vehicle accidents. Hard collisions with solid objects, ejections from vehicles and bodies of water are fairly common modes. The rear seat in vehicles is noticeably less safe than the front seats. The time of day in some states shows massive swings in the rate of fatalities, and not always correlated with rush hour traffic patterns. The state you are in also seems to be a large factor, and again, not correlated with overall population density. There's a huge number of data points, and speed does seem like a relatively unimportant one. If you do want to have an impact there, then I suspect that simply redesigning your roads with good considerations for pedestrians would be a better use of your budget.
  - dazc 4y ago
    Everyday you can see the affect that speed has where cars are driving far too close together at speeds where a collision will occur before the driver has mentally registered a need to apply the breaks.
    - akira2501 4y ago
      Everyday you see the effects of many different factors. The point is, you should probably rank them before you decide what you're going to spend millions of dollars on addressing first.
    - meerita 4y ago
      Check Germany, has autobahns
dazc 4y ago
The cars are better but not so the drivers of these cars. The laws of physics, meanwhile, stay the same. In my part of the UK there is a growing trend of cars 'flipping over' all by themselves despite the considerable 'skill' of the driver and the 'quality' of the car. Something doesn't add up?
Mikeb85 4y ago
The biggest danger isn't keeping the car on the road, it's people's inability to avoid hitting other objects (cars, people, animals, etc...).
lm28469 4y ago
With our current pollution and energy issues you probably don't want that https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/autodrag-graph-recreationB-1-themed.png https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/autodrag-gra...

para_parolu 4y ago

Yet people are still the same. Increasing speed on some road may make sense. But it’s not a solution to all speed problems.

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akira2501 4y ago
Speed is rarely the only factor in a fatal crash. Alcohol and drugs are the more pertinent issues. Aside from that, pedestrians are 1/6 of all fatalities, as are motorcycles. Most remaining fatalities are single vehicle accidents. Hard collisions with solid objects, ejections from vehicles and bodies of water are fairly common modes. The rear seat in vehicles is noticeably less safe than the front seats. The time of day in some states shows massive swings in the rate of fatalities, and not always correlated with rush hour traffic patterns. The state you are in also seems to be a large factor, and again, not correlated with overall population density. There's a huge number of data points, and speed does seem like a relatively unimportant one. If you do want to have an impact there, then I suspect that simply redesigning your roads with good considerations for pedestrians would be a better use of your budget.
- dazc 4y ago
  Everyday you can see the affect that speed has where cars are driving far too close together at speeds where a collision will occur before the driver has mentally registered a need to apply the breaks.
  - akira2501 4y ago
    Everyday you see the effects of many different factors. The point is, you should probably rank them before you decide what you're going to spend millions of dollars on addressing first.
  - meerita 4y ago
    Check Germany, has autobahns

dazc 4y ago

The cars are better but not so the drivers of these cars. The laws of physics, meanwhile, stay the same. In my part of the UK there is a growing trend of cars 'flipping over' all by themselves despite the considerable 'skill' of the driver and the 'quality' of the car. Something doesn't add up?

Mikeb85 4y ago

The biggest danger isn't keeping the car on the road, it's people's inability to avoid hitting other objects (cars, people, animals, etc...).

lm28469 4y ago

With our current pollution and energy issues you probably don't want that https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/autodrag-graph-recreationB-1-themed.png https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/autodrag-gra...