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It's physically impossible to keep someone from barreing their car at 80mph down the wring side of the highway Not really. Government mandated speed
by ta25252 13y ago
It's physically impossible to keep someone from
barreing their car at 80mph down the wring side of
the highway
Not really. Government mandated speed governor in every car, limited to 55 mph.
- jaibot 13y agoYou're right, of course. s/physically/practically
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- ta25252 13y agoDid you mean "practically" or "politically"? Because, while it does not cover the "wrong way down a highway" part of your scenario, such a law would certainly save lives. High speed is a significant contributor to fatal car accidents. The EU already has such a law for large trucks.
- hga 13y agoI'm not at all sure about this. Very possibly for cargo carrying trucks, they have different design tradeoffs. But as I understand it, "high speed" WRT to accidents starts at about 35 mph, which is a speed at which, if you come to an immediate stop, wearing the normal shoulder and waist belts, your head will hit the steering wheel with enough force to cause serious injury, unless an airbag prevents it. Any reasonable governor is going to be way above that. According to a [citation needed] Wikipedia item (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_(device)#Trucks_.28HGVs.29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_(device)#Trucks_.28HGV...), the EU governor speed is 90 or 100 kph, 56 or 62 mph, which sounds plausable. This http://www.usroads.com/journals/aruj/9803/ru980302.htm http://www.usroads.com/journals/aruj/9803/ru980302.htm indicates those speeds are quite lethal. Keeping people driving for longer periods of time is also going to cost lives....
- ta25252 13y agoYes, I meant commercial cargo trucks.