Society & Culture1 min ago
Speed Limits - On The Radio Today
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Missed the full details, but ...
When people drive more slowly, they feel safer, so they focus less on the actual road. They enter a mental comfort zone.
12% of accidents are caused by speed.
40% of accidents are caused by distractions ... things that catch people's eye, or attract their attention ... including changes in the speed limit, speed cameras, and things that people look at because they are in their slow driving comfort zone.
So does this mean that ... ?
A motorist driving at 40mph is more than three times LESS likely to have an accident than a motorist driving at 20mph.
When people drive more slowly, they feel safer, so they focus less on the actual road. They enter a mental comfort zone.
12% of accidents are caused by speed.
40% of accidents are caused by distractions ... things that catch people's eye, or attract their attention ... including changes in the speed limit, speed cameras, and things that people look at because they are in their slow driving comfort zone.
So does this mean that ... ?
A motorist driving at 40mph is more than three times LESS likely to have an accident than a motorist driving at 20mph.
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No. At best fewer accidents but with exponentiall y more damage, including human and collateral, at each. Just thinking alloud.
08:22 Tue 08th Apr 2014