Speed limits
The speed limit on the straight desolate paved road that goes past our place is 80 km/hr. The people who use the road drive whatever speed they please and for the most part it works fine ….. until you...
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valhalla360 wrote:toedtoes wrote:
You are making your own conclusion that hasn't been shown.
The data shows that you are more likely to Be IN A COLLISION if driving at the much slower speed. It does NOT show that the slow driving person is the CAUSE of the collision. Per the data from the NHTSA study, the CAUSE of that collision is most likely because the other driver was distracted, speeding, tailgating, not correctly judging the amount of space, overcorrecting, falling asleep, etc.
You are still focused on finding fault. I'm talking about eliminating accidents. I don't care about "fault" I want to eliminate crashes.
No, I am saying that the data does not suppoet your hypothesis that slow moving vehicles are the cause of collisions.
If you want to eliminate collisions then increase the distance between vehicles regardless of speed. As long as people feel the need to ride one another's bumpers, there will be collisions.
