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[–] verdantbanana -1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

and am about dead because of them

not being allowed to go more than five over and everyone else is going ten or more likely over ten miles an hour

coming down hills especially in Tennessee it feels like the people behind me are going to cream me

if there were no speed limits could at least not have that worry

places like South Carolina refuse speed limit cameras stating privacy concerns

without everyone adhering to said speed limits then only the cops are benefiting from them and they become useless

[–] ClockworkOtter 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Your argument for not having speed limits is that a portion of other drivers speed and this isn't enforced? Not that it should be stricter, or the limit lowered?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The argument is that safety is already naturally incentivized. People don’t want to be in crashes, so they naturally avoid.

And an awake human brain, on site and paying attention and in control of the speed, is a better safety mechanism than a car that won’t go over a specific speed.

[–] ClockworkOtter 2 points 2 weeks ago

People also overestimate their reflexes and abilities, and lower speeds result in fewer injuries and deaths. Sure, being awake is good, but so is going slower; why not both?

[–] verdantbanana 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

not a portion it is the majority of the drivers we are on the road with do not follow road rules including speeding

when speed limits are lowered very small group of drivers that adhere to the speeds set suffer due to bumper humpers and road ragers

not safer

[–] ClockworkOtter 2 points 2 weeks ago

That definitely sounds like an enforcement issue because it definitely isn't the case everywhere!