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We have many studies that show speeding is dangerous. Sounds like this system is very effective at discouraging speeding. Until I see studies showing more peopl

We have many studies that show speeding is dangerous. Sounds like this system is very effective at discouraging speeding. Until I see studies showing more people are dying on road because of this system than because of speeding, sounds like it’s working as intended.

tazu 2y ago
I frequently pass cars that have signs of an impaired driver. Usually the driver is texting, but the signs are usually failure to maintain lane, frequent (unnecessary) brake tapping, and sporadic acceleration. Something that impedes my ability to pass unsafe drivers is unsafe.
- mrob 2y ago
  If you're following close enough for them to be a danger to you then your driving is already unsafe.
  - falcolas 2y ago
    Close enough to be a danger in a car is "visible" (even if the view of them is blocked). More specific to the example is someone going 20 under the ambient traffic. They are someone you should get past safely, not stay behind.
  - StanislavPetrov 2y ago
    I regularly see drivers who are obviously drunk and intoxicated and swerving all over the road, variously speeding up and slowing down. The safest thing to do is to accelerate well clear of these drivers and leave them far behind, not slow down to an absurdly slow speed and drive behind them for miles and miles.
- kazinator 2y ago
  An unsafe driver ahead of you is safer than one behind you. (If you're not keeping enough of a distance, then the unsafe driver is you.)
  - tazu 2y ago
    Whenever I keep safe distance, I'll have cars close behind me and other cars filling in the gap I created. Then my problem is the same: an unsafe driver ahead of me who could easily cause an accident, and not enough time to react. It's much better to pass and forget.
    - kazinator 2y ago
      If someone's being dangerously erratic, it may be best to just turn and take a different route.
kazinator 2y ago
No one ever suffered ill effects from speeding. People are fine after taking a 900 km/h transcontinental flight. It's the sudden stop that's problematic. Drivers going 51 km/h in a 50 zone are not the cause of carnage on the roads. Many places have ridiculously low speed limits. Drivers blow past the limits, and yet those places do not show accidents. Perhaps what's needed is a system that intelligently detects erratic driving, from a combination of factors, like a combination of severely excessive speed, frequent lane departure, tail gating, "weaving" left and right, and such.

tazu 2y ago

I frequently pass cars that have signs of an impaired driver. Usually the driver is texting, but the signs are usually failure to maintain lane, frequent (unnecessary) brake tapping, and sporadic acceleration. Something that impedes my ability to pass unsafe drivers is unsafe.

mrob 2y ago
If you're following close enough for them to be a danger to you then your driving is already unsafe.
- falcolas 2y ago
  Close enough to be a danger in a car is "visible" (even if the view of them is blocked). More specific to the example is someone going 20 under the ambient traffic. They are someone you should get past safely, not stay behind.
- StanislavPetrov 2y ago
  I regularly see drivers who are obviously drunk and intoxicated and swerving all over the road, variously speeding up and slowing down. The safest thing to do is to accelerate well clear of these drivers and leave them far behind, not slow down to an absurdly slow speed and drive behind them for miles and miles.
kazinator 2y ago
An unsafe driver ahead of you is safer than one behind you. (If you're not keeping enough of a distance, then the unsafe driver is you.)
- tazu 2y ago
  Whenever I keep safe distance, I'll have cars close behind me and other cars filling in the gap I created. Then my problem is the same: an unsafe driver ahead of me who could easily cause an accident, and not enough time to react. It's much better to pass and forget.
  - kazinator 2y ago
    If someone's being dangerously erratic, it may be best to just turn and take a different route.

kazinator 2y ago

No one ever suffered ill effects from speeding. People are fine after taking a 900 km/h transcontinental flight. It's the sudden stop that's problematic. Drivers going 51 km/h in a 50 zone are not the cause of carnage on the roads. Many places have ridiculously low speed limits. Drivers blow past the limits, and yet those places do not show accidents. Perhaps what's needed is a system that intelligently detects erratic driving, from a combination of factors, like a combination of severely excessive speed, frequent lane departure, tail gating, "weaving" left and right, and such.