Comments on: Is Driving Faster, Safer?

By: don surber

don surber — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 19:45:27 +0000

Oh, let's leave out
1. Seatbelt use
2. Safer automobiles
3. Reduction in DUI
Sure, we are just driving so fast that we cannot have an accident any more

By: yetanotherjohn

yetanotherjohn — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 16:13:31 +0000

The speed limits are enforced in Texas, but there is usually a 5 to 10 MPH buffer. Not always, but usually. This means people tend to keep to the speed limit + buffer.

In town, we have several stretches that are 60mph. You can tell the out of staters because they just don't seem to believe that you can do 60 in the city. Of course there is also one FM road that goes from 60 to 45 as it gets closer to connecting to a 60mph road. That's a popular speed trap area.

Bottom line is that whether the higher speed limits moves the traffic along as a unit better (so you don't have one guy doing 55 and another 80), better safety features, bigger vehicles or whatever, we have another example of the left being as wrong as they could be about something affecting every day life and not a peep of apologizing or mentioning it.

There is also a state law limiting the percentage of funds any town, county, etc can make from traffic fines. It hasn't eliminated, but has cut back on the traffic fine farming speed trap towns.

By: CGHill

CGHill — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 15:03:46 +0000

Any patrol officer will tell you: the biggest speed problems are the handful of nitwits going way faster than everyone else and the handful of nitwits going way slower than everyone else. Most people have a well-defined comfort zone, and they stay within it, and they don't cause any problems.

By: Bithead

Bithead — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 12:29:34 +0000

For the most part, speed limits have absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with safety, and everything to do with making money, by way of fines.

By: Below The Beltway

Below The Beltway — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 12:04:08 +0000

Safety, Speed Limits, And The Nanny State...

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