Speed Limits + Safety ... Ya right

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Originally Posted by Escape_Driver

Yep they survey the Interstate every year looking for repairs and new dangers... Nothing new about that...

P.S Keep it up you are very hard to argue with.... Your making me have to work hard...

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It's not a simple upkeep survey I am talking about. I am talking about a study involving: weather conditions impact on extreme speeds, the interaction between commercial vehicles and passenger vehicles at extreme speeds, the usability of current entry and exit lanes onto existing freeways while accounting for increased speeds, the development of techniques to minimize passing on the right which moves from being a nuisance to an extreme danger at unregulated speeds, the efficacy of existing safety technologies at extreme speeds, traffic flow at extreme speeds with a focus on change in likelihood of severe multivehicle accidents. You understand, I could go on for quite a while with finding questions that would need to be answered. These aren't questions that would need to be answered only once either, as situations vary wildly from state to state. Getting rid of speed limits would likely be more expensive to taxpayers than keeping them.

WOW I just found something out Look at this

Section 2B.13 of Federal Highway Administration manual recommends setting scientifically reasonable limits for all types of roads, then enforcing the limits with narrow tolerance.

Specifically, Section 2B.13 says limits should be set within 5 mph of the speed used by 85 percent of motorists traveling in free-flowing traffic. This approach, said a federal study - RD-85/096 - produces speed limits that are acceptable to a large majority of motorists and achieve the lowest accident risk.

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Originally Posted by Escape_Driver

WOW I just found something out Look at this

Section 2B.13 of Federal Highway Administration manual recommends setting scientifically reasonable limits for all types of roads, then enforcing the limits with narrow tolerance.

Specifically, Section 2B.13 says limits should be set within 5 mph of the speed used by 85 percent of motorists traveling in free-flowing traffic. This approach, said a federal study - RD-85/096 - produces speed limits that are acceptable to a large majority of motorists and achieve the lowest accident risk.

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Uhm, yeah, Florida did that and they selected 70 as the interstate speed limit (I commonly say 75 because Florida law makes speeding less than 5 MPH over the limit a warning only offense).
Florida DOT

So now speed limits aren't taxes but have a serious scientific basis in maintaing reasonable safety?

No Speed limits set to Low are Taxes

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Originally Posted by Escape_Driver

No Speed limits set to Low are Taxes

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Set too low? The Florida DOT set the interstate speed limit at 70 according to the 85th percentile rule. That was good enough traffic control theory when you assumed it wasn't being applied, why isn't it good enough now? You do realize that you fall into the 15% that doesn't like the speed limit, right? You are already statistically accounted for and dismissed.

ok well what about gasoline taxes? I think if they raised the speed limits or removed them all together they'd get a lot more $$$ from taxes on gasoline...it's like what 45% taxes and that junk? I dunno just a monday morning thought... :)