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This article continuously states that speed limit signs have little to no bearing on how fast people actually drive, and it says Lt. Megge is actually arguing t
by DatBear 12y ago
This article continuously states that speed limit signs have little to no bearing on how fast people actually drive, and it says Lt. Megge is actually arguing this. If it has no bearing on how fast people drive, and changing speed limits actually doesn't affect the speed of traffic like they say in the article, why are they changing them? Why are they too low right now? Why does the 85th percentile matter at all? If people pay as little attention to speed limit signs as is mentioned in the article, wouldn't changing them have no effect on safety whatsoever - be it lower or higher, better or worse?
- matdrewin 12y agoCops would spend less time issuing useless tickets and concentrate on the real speeders. A driver looking out for cops is a distracted driver. You shouldn't be worried if you are following traffic and going at a reasonable speed. That's not the case at the moment.
- alexmayyasi 12y agoPlease use ctrl-f to skip to this part of the article: "So if drivers disregard speed limits, why bother trying to set the “right” speed limit at all?" Then let us know what you think.