U.S. Traffic Deaths on Rise
National News • August 24, 2006
Traffic deaths in the United States reached their highest levels since 1990, the government reported this week. The spike in fatalities was attributed to an increase in motorcycle and pedestrian ...
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Subject: RE: Slow drivers proven to actualy cause more accidents
Posted On: August 25, 2006, 3:30 pm CDT
Posted By: Duffman
Comment:
Mr. Montgomery:
the increase in speed limits has worsened the severity of car crashes. Were it not for the increased safety of cars there would be a dramatic increase in fatalities. It is not my opinion but a fact.
The speed limit is the maximum speed allowable under law. So we should reward those that are driving the maximum legal speed and punish those who choose to follow the law and drive defensively?? Imagine that punish people for following the law!
Going 10 below the speed limit doesn't hamper the flow of traffic that much. That's why many roads have a passing lane. That's why some states have laws that slow drivers can't be in the passing lanes. Your "solution" is irrational.
And you also bring up "proof." Well Geoff where is this said proof that says that going faster REDUCES the likelihood of an accident? I'd like to see it. Preferably it should be a peer reviewed study not something you scrawled on a napkin using crayons.
Subject: RE: Slow drivers proven to actualy cause more accidents
the increase in speed limits has worsened the severity of car crashes. Were it not for the increased safety of cars there would be a dramatic increase in fatalities. It is not my opinion but a fact.
The speed limit is the maximum speed allowable under law. So we should reward those that are driving the maximum legal speed and punish those who choose to follow the law and drive defensively?? Imagine that punish people for following the law!
Going 10 below the speed limit doesn't hamper the flow of traffic that much. That's why many roads have a passing lane. That's why some states have laws that slow drivers can't be in the passing lanes. Your "solution" is irrational.
And you also bring up "proof." Well Geoff where is this said proof that says that going faster REDUCES the likelihood of an accident? I'd like to see it. Preferably it should be a peer reviewed study not something you scrawled on a napkin using crayons.