New speed limit at Banneker?
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kwillia
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Too bad folks don't bother to obey the speed limits, huh?
glhs837
Power with Control
Most folks dont, but not by much. People drive at the speed they feel safe at, as a general rule. That's why the federal recommendation for speed limits is the 85th percentile rule. Where a speed survey is conducted and the limit is set for the speed traveled by the 85th percentile. When that rule is not followed, you get more speeding. But whats stranger is that when it is followed, and the limit is set higher, people don't just tack 10mph more onto it, they go the same speed they were going at. they are not speeding because they get their jollies that way, but becuase they judge that driving that speed on that stretch is safe.
Has there been a problem at Banneker that lowering the limit even when school is not in session will fix?
Has there been a problem at Banneker that lowering the limit even when school is not in session will fix?
kwillia
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And how's that working for us, glhs? You think people are driving at safe speeds?
MMDad
Lem Putt
I'd say 85% are. There will always be people who grossly exceed the limit, but most drive at a relatively safe speed.
glhs837
Power with Control
As noted above, yep. That's why the NHTSA has found that speeding only causes about %5 of all crashes. While lack of driver training causes %10. See, the thing is, there's factors and causes, and a lot of people don't separate the two.
If I am traveling 55 in a 45, and drive off the road because I'm texting, the report will say speeding was a factor. It will say texting was the cause. Remove the cause, and the crash doesn't happen. Now crashing at 45 is better than crashing at 55, granted. But not crashing is best of all. People generally don't crash because they were driving too fast, they crash because they drove poorly.
