• Verdant Banana@lemmy.world
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      17 days ago

      and am about dead because of them

      not being allowed to go more than five over and everyone else is going ten or more likely over ten miles an hour

      coming down hills especially in Tennessee it feels like the people behind me are going to cream me

      if there were no speed limits could at least not have that worry

      places like South Carolina refuse speed limit cameras stating privacy concerns

      without everyone adhering to said speed limits then only the cops are benefiting from them and they become useless

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        17 days ago

        Your argument for not having speed limits is that a portion of other drivers speed and this isn’t enforced? Not that it should be stricter, or the limit lowered?

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          16 days ago

          The argument is that safety is already naturally incentivized. People don’t want to be in crashes, so they naturally avoid.

          And an awake human brain, on site and paying attention and in control of the speed, is a better safety mechanism than a car that won’t go over a specific speed.

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            16 days ago

            People also overestimate their reflexes and abilities, and lower speeds result in fewer injuries and deaths. Sure, being awake is good, but so is going slower; why not both?

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          16 days ago

          not a portion it is the majority of the drivers we are on the road with do not follow road rules including speeding

          when speed limits are lowered very small group of drivers that adhere to the speeds set suffer due to bumper humpers and road ragers

          not safer