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"James H. Hood" > writes:
>Brent P > wrote in message ... >> In article >, Magnulus wrote: >> > Collision at 75 vs. 55 mph has alot more energy behind it= a >> > higher risk of injury/death. Much higher. >> Only IN a crash. However, the higher speed limit when more >> appropiate for the road will PREVENT the crashes in the first >> place. >Which explains why there are more crashes on a highway than on my street >where the limit is twenty, right? Patent;y; the solution is to close the highway and to divert traffic down your street. >This persistent notion that crashes are caused largely by different speeds >is absurd. I wasn't aware of such a persistent notion. It's at worst a simplistic view of the artificial skew imposed on free-flowing traffic when an underposted speed limit exists. The "different speeds" non-factor is a statistical view. The underlying human factors such as compensatory risk taking are mostly what determines the incidence of crashes. -- /"\ Bernd Felsche - Innovative Reckoning, Perth, Western Australia \ / ASCII ribbon campaign | I'm a .signature virus! X against HTML mail | Copy me into your ~/.signature / \ and postings | to help me spread! |
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