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The problem is that people are naturally very bad drivers and are especially bad at judging what safe speed is. We already know it's hopeless to teach them so
by bluecalm 2y ago
The problem is that people are naturally very bad drivers and are especially bad at judging what safe speed is.
We already know it's hopeless to teach them so what is left are traffic calming measures, heavy handed enforcement and technology (automatic speed limiters in cars).
Setting speed limits to speed people choose is a terrible idea.
- josephcsible 2y ago> Setting speed limits to speed people choose is a terrible idea. The point of the Solomon curve is specifically that that isn't true.
- bluecalm 2y agoPeople naturally choose speeds according to how safe they feel not how safe it is for everyone else. If you have a residential area road which is straight and wide enough to go fast people will choose higher speed than on a narrow road. This proves it doesn't work unless you only care about safety of people in cars (which Salomon curve seems to based on meaning it's meaningless for road design with the exception of highways).