markdi
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oldgrandpajack
I would hate to live in your world
I would hate to live in your world
markdi said:oldgrandpajack
I would hate to live in your world
Or high-speed rail lines for that matter. One reason people go over the limit is to save time (and also because limits are just set too low for modern cars and roads). If they have another alternative to go medium distances from point A to point B fast the whole speeding question is moot. You just drive along local roads 20 minutes or less to the train station, board the train, enjoy the ride averaging 150 mph or better, rent a car at your destination station if needed, and drive the last few miles to your ultimate destination (or even use local public transit if available). Overall probably faster than doing 100 on the Interstate, and with less energy used plus far less chance of injury or death.James S said:Shall I open another can of worms and suggest that they spend those billions on light rail corridors along what they consider the problematic rodes?
I agree 100% that good drivers shouldn't subsidize bad ones. We really do need a way to determine exactly who and what causes most of the accidents, and then revoke their licenses or jack up their insurance costs to reflect the damage they cause. Speed is all too often seen as the villain but it seldom is unless we're talking about those few on the far outlier (i.e. somebody doing 120 when most of the rest of traffic is going 75 to 95).oldgrandpajack said:If you take into account, the fact that the great majority of drivers are subsidizing the driving habits of a minority, and the fact that so many lives are lost, or permanately altered, on our highways each and every year, this measure would be cheap, in my estimation.
That's the purpose behind setting limits at the 95th percentile (or 90th or 85th for for non-limited access roads) and reviewing them every five or so years. The general public can vote for higher limits by simply driving faster or slower limits by driving slower. Legislating limits injects emotion into the process instead of engineering. Also, last I checked most legislators didn't have degrees in traffic engineering, and are by definition no more qualified to set limits than I would be to fly an F16. Also, the beauty of a 95th percentile limit is that it lets cops focus on those on the far outlier which is really the small percentage of drivers whose speed actually increases their accident risk.If you think that the speed limit is set too low on the highways you are commuting on, then you should lobby to have the speed limit changed.
tvodrd said:I think I read a blurb back when that some cars record speed and other data which can then be downloaded after a collision.
Larry
PlayboyJoeShmoe said:I'm sure you are already aware of this Cobb...
But it's slow Aircraft, using Stopwatches and Radios and is far more insidious than F16 using 20MM!!!
Ya, you better because he's gonna radio his buddies in their cop cars who will pull you over. I was fortunate to be trailing far enough behind several cars that were speeding and they were all pulled over by cop cars that came on at a freeway entrance, alerted by the plane we saw circling overhead.cobb said:Hey look, a cop on a biplane with a stop watch, we better slow down....
Have you ever seen that footage of a huge swath of vehicles that we destroyed who were trying to flee Kuwait during Desert Storm? It would appear that it is far easier than you might think.cobb said:I bet its hard to fire on a moving car doing 35-85 from a jet doing at least 400mph.
Schuey2002 said:Have you ever seen that footage of a huge swath of vehicles that we destroyed who were trying to flee Kuwait during Desert Storm? It would appear that it is far easier than you might think.