Speed limits are stupid

[Spec]

Originally posted by Verto
Perhaps 'they' would be kind enough to stop by and leave a link to their statistical gathering.

I would love to show you but it's a book that I would have to scan and unfortunatly I dont have a scanner. It's a CAA book that dealers receive every year containing stats on car breakdowns, accidents (fatal and injuries only), traffic around the year, sales around the country of which cars and where and percentages of repairs on which parts and where.

For example, here in quebec we have the worst roads in Canada, proven by the fact that 37% of all shocks in Canada sold every year are in Quebec.

These kinds of statistics.

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[Dauphin]

Variable speed limits are the best idea for multilane (and specifically motorway) driving. i.e the speed limit depends on the current traffic and weather conditions. Not only do they counter dangerous driving but they also speed up the general rate of traffic flow by reducing stop-start syndrome.

[Japher]

I would rather get rid of car pool lanes than speed limits in order to prevent stop-start syndrome.

[Spec]

Originally posted by Big Crunch
Variable speed limits are the best idea, i.e the speed limit depends on the current traffic and weather conditions. Not only do they counter dangerous driving but they also speed up the general rate of traffic flow by reducing stop-start syndrome.

THANK YOU!!



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[shmily_dana]

What annoys me about speed limits is the people that drive exactly the speed limit on one road and not on another. I've been beind people that drive exactly 55mph on the freeway and then 40mph in the 30mph zone.

Same thing with red lights. People that stop on yellow, and then run the stop signs in the neighborhood...

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by Spec


THANK YOU!!



Spec.

Its the system employed on the M25 London Orbital and other UK motorways. The speed limit for every 250m of motorway is independently set based on local and approaching traffic conditons*, ranging from 40mph to 70mph with speed cameras to enforce. When traffic is at a safe level they have no enforced limit (although the legal limit of 70 still applies). Works to a reasonable extent, it doesn't solve the problems of too much traffic but does certainly alleviate it.

*say for example there is a jam 2 km ahead, the speed limit is reduced to reduce the amount of traffic joining the tail of the jam to let it clear.

[Bereta_Eder]

it's completely stupid me thinks./ if there's traffic of course you wont be able to satisfy your (limited ) maximum speed.

[Spec]

Traffic's not the point Paiktis, danger is. Speed limits are oblivious to people that go at 60kmh on a highway where evryone goes at 100. Now THAT is dangerous, more than someone going at 120 where everybody goes at 100.


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[Bereta_Eder]

3 lanes, 3 different speeds. i dont see the problem.

[Spec]

Originally posted by paiktis22
3 lanes, 3 different speeds. i dont see the problem.

What? You think it's stupid or you dont se a problem? I dont get it. What 3 lane 3 speeds are you talking about?
Right now it's 3 lanes same speed.

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[Bereta_Eder]

3 lanes, 3 different speed, traffic can be seen.

variable speeds just mess people up with no need

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by paiktis22
3 lanes, 3 different speeds. i dont see the problem.

The problem is when a jackass doing 50 pulls out 20m in front of you when you are doing 90.

[Wernazuma III]

There will always be conflicts after cops fine someone if it's based on the situation whether they do so or not. Policemen will more likely fine black people (or even if not, thios will be alleged) etc.
Speed limits, even on highways are useful.
That German drivers more unlikely fall asleep also has something to do with the fact that in Germany there aren't hundreds of km completely straight roads.

[Bereta_Eder]

Originally posted by Big Crunch


The problem is when a jackass doing 50 pulls out 20m in front of you when you are doing 90.

he should be going to the right lane, thats not a problem, thats his probelm

[Spec]

Oh I see, but that brings a problem. If you're in the third lane, doing 100 and you have to get off the high way, you have to cross 2 lanes, one at 80 and the other at 60 probably. Than you have to slow down beofre squeezing in the middle lane, and then slowing down again to squeeze in the right lane, thus slowing down the 2 previous lanes.

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