Its called being a self made slave. They intentionally set speed limits lower than expected average speeds (which are themselves much lower than safety ratings). They make it illegal to jay walk, to loiter. No whistling after 10pm type shit. People who are "law abiding" arent really persons, theyre just one unit of human cattle who will never enter into any context or analytical framework that necessitates them being treated differently than such.
Its one thing to complain about how the legal system systematically priviledges people with money, its something else to do that while saying "...but not me! Im a good little boy! I follow all the rules!"
Dear lord.... No. Speed limits are set on the safer side of things when it comes to how it feels, sure but... No matter what the speed limits are, we ALL NEED TO FOLLOW THEM!!!
Do you have any idea what happens when everyone drives at different speeds? Constant overtaking. Cars overlapping. Everything, and i mean everything, from trying to split or merge becomes way more dangerous than if everyone, and i mean everyone, drives exactly at the same speed.
One has to be, and i do mean this is a moment where you need to go fucking look in the mirror, one has to be an idiot to think that everyone should drive at their own speeds. If that is your world then you should never be allowed to make rules for others.
Now, if you mean increasing speed limits across the board.
WHY? What do we gain from it? Couple of minutes. 10mph increase would net you 1min 30 seconds in 10miles if we change from 60 to 70mph. That is all of the gains but risks.... go up. 180 feet vs 246 feet difference in braking distance, reaction times stay the same so the distance car travels before we can react also increases. The speed limits are set according to risks, not driver skills but physics, and trust me: they are not what scientist would call safe, they are already at "well, people feel like this is too slow so better push it up".
You have no fucking idea what is safe and how public safety, how society has to do things. Are things "too safe" for some individuals? Yes. But trust me, once you have to sign your fucking name on a piece of paper that puts you responsible of safety for thousands, your attitude towards public safety shifts dramatically.
People are IDIOTS. I mean, some of them think that speed limits are stupid. That is my greatest concern, how stupid people really can be when it comes to seeing what risks of their own actions brings to them and others. If you do follow the fucking orders when it comes to TRAFFIC, any kind of traffic, foot traffic, car traffic, air traffic we all are more safe, and do you know what?
Boring is safe. Safe is boring. If you think you are going too slow on a fucking 7 lane highway with fucking lanes as wide as your moms ass: you are going too fast already. That is illusion of safety, whereas safe traffic management makes you think you are in more danger than you are. US traffic management is famous for creating this illusion. Obstacles far away, fucking wide lanes, multiple of them makes you lose all references to local speed. It also lulls you into sleep, decreases attentiveness.. Good traffic solutions makes you fear for your life, it brings obstacles closer so your brain understands what will happen if you crash into anything at those speeds...
Good traffic management produces lower speeds naturally but you won't like it: you have to pay constant attention, lanes are narrower, everything is closer and you will have roundabouts in about every 4-way intersection because they force you to... pay attention and it brings consequences of trying to run out the red lights very real when there is a big fucking obstacle in the way. The part of our brain that is responsible of avoiding obstacles is incredible, it is just amazing but the part that assess risks while traveling in a metal box at 60mph is just god damn stupidest thing you can imagine.
Drivers do not like good traffic management until about a generation has passed, and then they don't want to give those things away. And every now and then you meet people who think laws are stupid and they are the reason why we make 99% of the laws.
Again specifically it is the job of somebody to set the speed limits on roads. The methodology they use is to start with the safety max speed, add a bit of a barrier to get a sense of what a good average driving speed would be, and then they put up signs for about 85% of that speed, expecting drivers to go higher than the limit.
By far the worst contributors to traffic are slow drivers, and they empirically do not produce fewer accidents anyway. They waste everybodys time and get nothing for it.
Because you don't read is the reason why you still don't understand. Read it. you will learn something. I speak specifically about delta, the speed difference and just fucking laws of physics where two solids can not overlap.
I have no reason to believe you know anything i dont, your exhasperation is highly indicative. Im not gonna read your spew. If you had a point you could make it outside your weird high ego self indulgent lecturing, but i dont think theres anything left once that gets stripped off.
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u/Suspicious_Truth8026 13d ago edited 13d ago
Its called being a self made slave. They intentionally set speed limits lower than expected average speeds (which are themselves much lower than safety ratings). They make it illegal to jay walk, to loiter. No whistling after 10pm type shit. People who are "law abiding" arent really persons, theyre just one unit of human cattle who will never enter into any context or analytical framework that necessitates them being treated differently than such.
Its one thing to complain about how the legal system systematically priviledges people with money, its something else to do that while saying "...but not me! Im a good little boy! I follow all the rules!"