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I can see your point of view.This is what most people get wrong. Speed doesn't kill, difference in speed does.
I can see your point of view.This is what most people get wrong. Speed doesn't kill, difference in speed does.
Actually, impact with solid objects moving slower causing the release of kinetic energy kills. Sudden deceleration sickness. Speed differential just determines the amount of energy there will be there if a crash occurs. Statistically, though credited a lot, speed is actually fairly rare as the actual cause of an accident.
I am baffled. Speed does not cause accidents so why punish the act of exceeding an arbitrary number? Speeding is a victimless crime. To claim that a person who exceeds the speed limit might harm someone is akin to claiming that a person who shoots guns might harm someone. Control and intent are required for harm. Beyond that, accidents happen. But accidents happen everywhere and cannot be legislated away.
Speeding, the driver behavior of exceeding the posted speed limit or driving too fast for conditions, has consistently been shown to be a contributing factor to a significant percentage of fatal and nonfatal crashes. Between 1990 and 2006, the frequency of speeding-related (SR) fatal crashes ranged from 11,000 to 13,000 each year, and the percentage of SR total fatal crashes ranged between 30 and 33 percent according to data observed in the Fatal Analysis Reporting System (FARS)
2. Speeding
Everything around us is centered on the lure of quick convenience. Drive-thrus, ATMs, and corner stores are just some examples of our need for speed. But on the roadway, speed is undoubtedly deadly. Speeding is one of the most prevalent causes of car accident today according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. Speeding contributes to about a third of all car accidents in America. Slow down and give yourself ample time to get where you need to go. It’s not worth saving 10 minutes for the potential of losing your life or putting another person in danger.
Speed Kills - The faster the speed of a vehicle, the greater the risk of an accident. The forces experienced by the human body in a collision increase exponentially as the speed increases. Smart Motorist recommends that drivers observe our 3 second rule in everyday traffic, no matter what your speed. Most people agree that going 100 mph is foolhardy and will lead to disaster. The problem is that exceeding the speed limit by only 5 mph in the wrong place can be just as dangerous. Traffic engineers and local governments have determined the maximum speeds allowable for safe travel on the nation's roadways. Speeding is a deliberate and calculated behavior where the driver knows the risk but ignores the danger. Fully 90% of all licensed drivers speed at some point in their driving career; 75% admit to committing this offense regularly.
OK, fellas, here is the issue: after having a speed limit of, let's say 80 mph, why are cars made to drive up to 140-200 mph? Obviously it would be illegal to drive beyond the speed limit.
Question: Do you think cars should have built-in electronic speed limit, i.e. the computer limits the speed of the car to what is legal to drive?
No doubt this could save thousands of lives annually and will prevent criminals from escaping the police (if we presume police cars will not have that electronic speed limit).
What do you think?
OK, fellas, here is the issue: after having a speed limit of, let's say 80 mph, why are cars made to drive up to 140-200 mph? Obviously it would be illegal to drive beyond the speed limit.
Question: Do you think cars should have built-in electronic speed limit, i.e. the computer limits the speed of the car to what is legal to drive?
No doubt this could save thousands of lives annually and will prevent criminals from escaping the police (if we presume police cars will not have that electronic speed limit).
What do you think?
Federal? No.
State? Only if the people vote for it.
What if they have guns?You slow down, pull off the road, stop, and take aim.
OK, fellas, here is the issue: after having a speed limit of, let's say 80 mph, why are cars made to drive up to 140-200 mph? Obviously it would be illegal to drive beyond the speed limit.
I am baffled. Speed does not cause accidents...
If speed doesn't cause accidents why not remove speed limit altogether?
Where on earth do people get the idea that computers are infallible or even smarter than people ?
Other than that, any system that is network connected is hackable, simple as that.
I think a dent to the problem would be made by creating cars that would decelerate the vehicle once it enters something like a school zone. GPS would detect a vehicle entering a low speed zone and simultaneously slow the vehicle down to the correct speed. It's a start that doesn't require tinkering with laws or zoning changes and would still leave room for drivers to drive as fast they want on highways etc. I don't think it would be too much of a hassle to link the GPS to the car's accelerator with more and more functions in cars becoming computerized. It would be avoidable by buying an older car, but that's more than unlikely. If cars have taught us anything is that people will buy them regardless of how much safety is stuffed into them.
What you are talking about is the top of a probably very slippery slope.
So they force you to slow down for school zones? What's next? Hospitals, parks, retirement homes, residential neighbourhoods, etc..
One nationally advertised death at any of these other areas of someone helpless and the call will go out for mandating cars to slow down in these zones.
And what about time of day?
So every time at 11 p.m. I pass a school zone I have to slow down?
And what if there is a malfunction and the car does not slow down BUT the driver assumes it does because it always has before and goes plowing into some kids?
Just put a speed bump in those areas.
They have them where I live and - trust me - you slow down going through those areas.
True about the time feature.I fail to see a reason why cars shouldn't be forced to slow down in those zones...
I don't see why time wouldn't be included as a factor for speed in such a system. It's not as if GPS systems can't handle time right.
I'm guessing you don't have GPS in your vehicle or any sort of computerized system. However, I can assure you that if a motorized vehicle with some sort of computerized system has a failure, the system will give you a warning.
The problem is that higher speed demands ever more qualified drivers.Outside of city limits - fine with me.
Much of the German autobahn's have no speed limits and their death per mile driven is much lower then American highway's.
Speed does not kill - bad driving does.
You can kill someone walking through a crosswalk at 10-20 miles an hour.
Okay.
Or not.
Not if both idiots start out next to each other pissing each other off or attempting to pass and then going head to head down the road. Recipe for disaster.