 | | Can't Drive 65 (was 'Re: Tolerance of vice') —Christopher Tracey
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| | | (...) Please elaborate... with statistics if you so prefer. :) Are you denying that speed limits also serve to regulate traffic patterns, allow drivers to avoid accidents by reducing stopping distance(dependent on ~following the limit of course), (...) (23 years ago, 24-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Can't Drive 65 (was 'Re: Tolerance of vice') —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) I'll just cite what I learned in Transportation Engineering. The proper way to set speed limits , on a road that wasn't explicitly engineered with limits in mind (1) is the 85th percentile rule. This rule assumes that people basically are (...) (23 years ago, 24-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Can't Drive 65 (was 'Re: Tolerance of vice') —Horst Lehner
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| | | | | (...) Wouldn't that, at least gradually, also have to depend on whether the road or the residents were first to be there? :wq Horst (23 years ago, 25-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Can't Drive 65 (was 'Re: Tolerance of vice') —Christopher Tracey
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| | | | Just some thoughts.... (bad ones at that) (...) Ok, so let's say that the average driving speed in america has gone up over the past few decades. I believe it has, but I don't have a statistic in front of me. The reasons for this increase are (...) (23 years ago, 28-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Can't Drive 65 (was 'Re: Tolerance of vice') —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | (...) Who are smart enough to know what level or risk is appropriate in all situations. Right? (...) The 'correct' speed. (...) What Larry is saying is that while they might be exceeding the posted speed limit, the problem is that the posted speed (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Can't Drive 65 (was 'Re: Tolerance of vice') —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes: <snip> The theory of how to set speeds isn't just some neato thing I dreamed up, it's commonly accepted practice, as outlined in Transportation Engineering texts... you can look it up or take (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Can't Drive 65 (was 'Re: Tolerance of vice') —Scott Arthur
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| | | | (...) Hmm Civil engineering. This does work for some roads, but, for most, the 85th percentile speed just keeps rising (if my memory serves my right). For most roads, all the 85th percentile rule shows is that 15 percent of drivers are willing to (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Can't Drive 65 (was 'Re: Tolerance of vice') —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | (...) What would be cool is signage that responds to the weather. Based on the temperature and state of precipitation (or even reflective characteristics of the road and atmospheric light-transmission characteristics), the signs could display a (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Can't Drive 65 (was 'Re: Tolerance of vice') —Scott Arthur
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| | | | (...) In the UK this is already done indirectly. I think speed is altered based on how close the cars are travelling together on some roads leading to London - slow moving cars travel closer together. In these type of conditions, reducing the speed (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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