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Replying to: grbeck (Jan 12, 2009 11:22 am)
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Replying to: grbeck (Jan 12, 2009 11:22 am) Are you going on record as saying that merely "the act" of driving 10+ mph over the limit makes people SAFER drivers? Because that's what it appears you are saying. Please don't say yes. ( talk about a credibility hit. ) Call NHTSA immediately and let them know you have a super-secret bit of information for them !!! Call the Fraternal Order of Police and let them know their people are wasting time enforcing speed limits !!! Let's end traffic accidents altogether by just, SIMPLY, telling everyone to drive 10+ miles over the limit !! Heck, if faster is safer, let's just turn the USA freeways into an AutoBahn and get rid of State Troopers altogether ! Traffic fatalities will DROP and think how much extra money the states will have !!! (puh-frickin-leeze)
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Replying to: berri (Jan 12, 2009 11:55 am) Because trucks are far heavier than other vehicles, they take longer to stop, are less adept at avoiding hazards, and have much greater crash energy. Therefore, it follows from basic physics that limiting truck speeds could reduce the severity and incidence of truck-related crashes. In reality, though, since 2/3 of auto/truck accidents are the fault of the car, this has not proven to be a help in reducing accidents. It has potential to reduce the SEVERITY of the accidents, but not AUTOMAGICALLY the number of accidents.
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Replying to: larsb (Jan 12, 2009 12:03 pm) That's the trouble when you take theory and apply it to the real world, sometimes the theory doesn't hold up. My school district has a policy that our school buses can not travel faster than 55mph no matter what the speed limit. This results in drivers routinely rear-ending the buses or causing crashes in their near frantic efforts to get around the slow moving vehicles. Is it the driver's fault when this happens? Of course, they should be more careful but the accidents would not occur in the first place if the buses were doing the speed limit. If you make all large vehicles slow down while all other vehicles continue to travel at or above the limit you will have a demo derby. |
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Replying to: vinnyny (Jan 12, 2009 11:04 am) Tag from pillows? What the heck does that have to do with this topic?
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Replying to: grbeck (Jan 12, 2009 11:22 am)
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Replying to: larsb (Jan 12, 2009 11:50 am) |
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Replying to: larsb (Jan 12, 2009 11:57 am) No, I said that, on limited access highways, faster drivers tend to be safer drivers. Your approach - mindlessly punishing the sophisticated, informed drivers who don't believe the stupid "speed kills" baloney - will hardly improve safety. larsb: Let's end traffic accidents altogether by just, SIMPLY, telling everyone to drive 10+ miles over the limit !! Heck, if faster is safer, let's just turn the USA freeways into an AutoBahn and get rid of State Troopers altogether ! Traffic fatalities will DROP and think how much extra money the states will have !!! Actually, that is what happened in Montana when it repealed its speed limit after Congress repealed the nationwide 65 mph speed limit. And telling slowpokes to either go with the flow of traffic on limited access highways or stay home would also improve safety. For the first time on this thread, you are actually making sense, even if you probably don't realize it.
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Replying to: xrunner2 (Jan 12, 2009 6:00 pm)
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