Ind. trooper lauded as 'hero' for citing 'slowpoke' driver

Lynnmor wrote:

valhalla360 wrote:


Enforcement doesn't work. Drivers (as a group) are very good at determining an appropriate speed and short of permanent ongoing enforcement, you won't have any impact on the long term average speed. It will go down while heavy enforcement is in place but as soon as you stop, it will go right back up.

Worse, those familiar with the heavy enforcement may slow down but those not familiar will try to continue at reasonable speeds.

The old slogan "speed kills" is flat out wrong. It's "differential speed kills". Heavy enforcement tends to increase differential speeds.

What planet are you referring to? Here on Earth the opposite is true.

You are confusing your intuitive feelings with actual data driven decisions. I do it for a living and I've ran the crash statistics and set speed limits.