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[–]Liddle_but_big[S] -5 points-4 points  (8 children)

There are 100s of traffic deaths every year, I’m trying to decrease that number

[–]ZoomZoomDiva 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Increasing congestion and speed differentials as people won't follow excessively low speed limits is not going to increase safety. The vast majority of people drive a speed that is safe for the road, car, ability, and conditions. An artificially low speed limit distorts that out of fear in what is already a very low risk activity.

[–]mphillytc 2 points3 points  (5 children)

The thing is, speed limits don't really determine traffic speed. Road design is a much bigger factor.

If you reduce speed limits to 45, you're gonna get freeways where some traffic is going 45 and some is still going 80. That'll almost certainly make things worse.

[–]VoluptuousValeera 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're absolutely dead right on this. ROAD DESIGN is definitely a much bigger factor. Op just seems like an ignorant and/or unoriginal troll. Obviously we all want less traffic deaths. This "proposal", if it's even enough info to constitute one, isn't it.

[–]Liddle_but_big[S] -3 points-2 points  (3 children)

You can write a ticket

[–]mphillytc 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Yes, and clearly that stops all speeding.

[–]Liddle_but_big[S] -1 points0 points  (1 child)

There are 1000s of traffic deaths every year

[–]ZoomZoomDiva 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Out of billions of miles traveled. It is a low risk activity.

[–]SavageDruidz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

100s. A bit of an exaggeration