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My opinion is that radar detectors and these apps encourage driver to break the law if there's no law enforcement around. Speed limit should be respected no ma

by dannyr 17y ago

My opinion is that radar detectors and these apps encourage driver to break the law if there's no law enforcement around. Speed limit should be respected no matter what. Yes it improves safety of areas with speed traps but it makes it more dangerous for other areas since drivers think they can speed up without getting caught.

tjic 17y ago
> Speed limit should be respected no matter what. Nice cost/benefit analysis there!
weavejester 17y ago
According to the a 2005 report[1] from the UK department of transport, only 3% of road accidents in the UK were attributed to drivers exceeding the speed limit. If road safety is your concern, perhaps we should address more common causes of accidents, instead of focusing entirely on vehicle speed. [1] http://www.dft.gov.uk/adobepdf/162469/221412/221549/227755/contributoryfactorstoroadacc1802 http://www.dft.gov.uk/adobepdf/162469/221412/221549/227755/c...
- anigbrowl 17y ago
  you might want to read it again; either you made a typo or you aren't linking to what you think you are. According to the linked source, exceeding the speed limit (as distinct from driving too fast for weather conditions or other 'injudicious actions') accounted for 12% of fatal accidents, 7% of serious accidents,and 4% of minor accidents, or 5% overall. Going too fast for [road] conditions accounted for approximately half as much again. Pardon my pedantry, but I was a bit irritated to find you assertions flatly contradicted by your source.
  - mhb 17y ago
    And besides that, the severity of accidents increases with the speed of the vehicle(s) regardless of the cause of the accidents.
  - weavejester 17y ago
    My apologies, the figure I was looking at was for cars only. "Exceeding speed limit was attributed to 3 per cent of cars involved in accidents." I didn't include going too fast for road conditions, because speed traps don't typically test for that.
    - anigbrowl 17y ago
      Fair enough. I do like the NL idea of removing all the road furniture except direction signs.

by dannyr 17y ago

tjic 17y ago

> Speed limit should be respected no matter what. Nice cost/benefit analysis there!

weavejester 17y ago

According to the a 2005 report[1] from the UK department of transport, only 3% of road accidents in the UK were attributed to drivers exceeding the speed limit. If road safety is your concern, perhaps we should address more common causes of accidents, instead of focusing entirely on vehicle speed. [1] http://www.dft.gov.uk/adobepdf/162469/221412/221549/227755/contributoryfactorstoroadacc1802 http://www.dft.gov.uk/adobepdf/162469/221412/221549/227755/c...

anigbrowl 17y ago
you might want to read it again; either you made a typo or you aren't linking to what you think you are. According to the linked source, exceeding the speed limit (as distinct from driving too fast for weather conditions or other 'injudicious actions') accounted for 12% of fatal accidents, 7% of serious accidents,and 4% of minor accidents, or 5% overall. Going too fast for [road] conditions accounted for approximately half as much again. Pardon my pedantry, but I was a bit irritated to find you assertions flatly contradicted by your source.
- mhb 17y ago
  And besides that, the severity of accidents increases with the speed of the vehicle(s) regardless of the cause of the accidents.
- weavejester 17y ago
  My apologies, the figure I was looking at was for cars only. "Exceeding speed limit was attributed to 3 per cent of cars involved in accidents." I didn't include going too fast for road conditions, because speed traps don't typically test for that.
  - anigbrowl 17y ago
    Fair enough. I do like the NL idea of removing all the road furniture except direction signs.