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It won't stop reckless driving on roads where the legal limit is way above the practical limit. Although I have absolutely zero stats to backup my argument, I'
by comprev 2y ago
It won't stop reckless driving on roads where the legal limit is way above the practical limit.
Although I have absolutely zero stats to backup my argument, I'd say deaths on twisty country roads where the vehicle was under the legal speed limit far exceeds those on straight motorways breaking the limit.
- adrianN 2y agoMy hope is that it lowers the number of people who do 50km/h on 30km/h residential streets and prevents pedestrian deaths.
- josephcsible 2y ago> roads where the legal limit is way above the practical limit Can you give an example of such a road? At least in the US, I've never seen one.
- comprev 2y agoHere in rural Ireland there are plenty of roads with 80km/h speed limit where even the rally stages (on closed roads) can't reach it - hence the racing!
- CalRobert 2y agoUnfortunately rural Ireland is also a pretty dangerous place to walk due to some pretty high speeds on some pretty small roads :-/ . Too often the council "upgrades" a road and in the process takes it away from people walking or biking. I made a video about some of these roads at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ba7xHUdeew https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ba7xHUdeew if you're curious.
- comprev 2y agoAs a cyclist I've never been more terrified of riding on Irish roads which is a shame as the scenery can be spectacular
- CalRobert 2y agoSame. I had a beautiful home on a few acres of land with an old bog road from the 19th century near me (it's in the video I linked a lot) and cycling on that was a dream, but as soon as I tried to use the cycle lane to Tullamore it was a disaster of lorries and tractors trying to use said lane to pass each other.