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Comment on Virginia passes law to enforce maximum vehicle speeds for repeat speeders

ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

A single car with ISA can also prevent multiple drivers behind it from recklessly accelerating, so even a small number of ISA-equipped vehicles could have a dramatic impact on regional or even national road safety.

In my experience, a slow driver will be passed (often rather aggressively) by drivers wanting to go faster if that is at all possible. That feels a lot more dangerous than simply having everyone drive at the rate of traffic. Or is the author envisioning a scenario where there are enough of these slow cars to cause a traffic jam?

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Ghyste@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
This is why assholes who sit in the left lane when not passing are dangerous.

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notabot@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
They wouldn’t be driving slowly, they’d be driving at the posted limit. If the limit for the road is wrong, and other people are ignoring it, that is a separate issue that needs dealing with.

It really grinds my gears when people complain about others driving at the posted limit (and, to be fair, I do it too sometimes, but I try to catch myself). You either think the limit is reasonable, in which case there isn’t actually a problem, or you think it’s wrong, in which case the driver isn’t the problem, the limit is. In that case rather than grousing about other drivers actually take action to have the limit changed. That goes just as much in areas where the limit is too high.

Anyway, rant over, I shall take a couple of deep breaths.

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- ToastedRavioli@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Driving at the posted limit if everyone else is going 15-20 over can be incredibly dangerous. Which is why its legal to drive with the speed of traffic.
  
  And it may be rare to see that situation in some places, but my local highway is often like that. I prefer to drive 5-10 over and no more, but if literally everyone else is driving 15-20 over then you really ought to not drive at the limit. If you do youll have people swerving around you at 20 over the limit.
  
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  - black0ut@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    That’s a slippery slope. The limits are there for a reason, and it’s considered unsafe to go faster. Everyone should be doing the speed limit, and if people consistently drive over the limit, they should absolutely have their licenses removed.
    
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    theneverfox@pawb.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Rules don’t matter at all compared what they aim to achieve
    
    If you’re driving with a significant speed difference from the cars around you, you are making yourself and all other cars in the area less safe. You’re also creating traffic behind you
    
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  - notabot@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    I’m not going to say that sort of thing doesn’t happen, they undoubtedly do, but in places where the rules don’t permit speeding, just because everyone else is, the problem self corrects. If too many motorists exceed the limit, the police have a field day ticketing as many as they can, and the situation reverts to people driving at the limit.
    
    That does take setting the limits appropriately, constant enforecement that can be scaled up, a certain margin of error being accepted so everyone doesn’t have their eyes glued to the speedo, and the understanding and acceptance from motorists that the rules are fair and there for a reason. Absent any one or more of those, and things will inevitably turn into a racetrack again. Fortunately, much of the management and enforcement is usually local, so political pressure applied locally can often help correct issues.
    
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    chonkyninja@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Permit speeding? US laws literally say the speed limit is the 90th percentile of the flow of traffic. The number on the sign is a suggestion, a safe one.
    
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