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Originally Posted by Rlyss
Can't people see that if everybody chooses their own speed there'd be chaos? (Don't give me the autobahn example, please, lots of people have mentioned that's it's not that simple, that people really concentrate, AND that the autobahn is already established and has been for a long time, the users know how to do it, it appears.)
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You just stated the main reason why it works, "people really concentrate" and "the users know how to do it", why can't any of the people here drive like that? Jesus, you mean I have to pay attention while I'm driving? But I have to text message someone about my new shoes and change the radio station while eating a sandwich, oh and I'm speeding that must be why I ran down that nun in the crosswalk. I used to driving for a living I used to log over 4,000 miles a month, people actually do stupid crap like that while driving I have seen it.
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Originally Posted by Rlyss
Why do you think you have the right to choose when to speed and when not to?
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I don't have that right, I gave it up when I signed for my drivers license. I agreed to allow them to take legal action against me if I break any of their rules, I have no argument with that, I'm not so big a rebel that I would take the bus simply to make a statement. I'll speed where I go if its safe to do so and I'll pay the citation if I get one, no skin off my back its only money. I just think that if more resposibility were placed upon the driver to be a good driver(read not incompetent) then we wouldn't even be having this discussion. You honestly cannot tell me that there aren't people out there driving that wouldn't be if there were more stringent requirements to drive in the first place.
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Originally Posted by Rlyss
How can you justify speeding in some areas, but then say 'Think of the children!' when in a school zone?
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Respect for children is a good start. Speeding isn't the devil here, reckless driving is. You obviously associate speeding with the abandonment of safety.
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Originally Posted by Rlyss
If everyone has their own opinion on when it is 'safe' to speed then you'd get lots who think it's safe to speed in a school zone, how do you react to that?
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That's the point, people
should know its not safe to go blazing past a school or through a neighborhood but they don't because drivers licenses are handed out like candy on halloween, people don't understand the consequenses of their actions until its after they hurt someone.
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Originally Posted by Rlyss
My point is that personal opinion shouldn't matter that much when it comes to speed limits.
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Good point. You appear to be in the majority.
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Originally Posted by Rlyss
Consistency is the key word here, and we need a higher authority to make sure everyone obeys the speed limits to keep us safe on the roads.
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No we don't, I don't need a babysitter and I'm only 23. I would hope anyone by the age of 16 doesn't either. The speed limit won't make it any more safe for me to drive to the corner store. Some soccer mom on her cell phone driving the 8,000LB SUV that seats 10 adults comfortably while only having a regular drivers license(not one with a rating for a commercial sized vehicle) running the red light because she's on her cell phone or playing with her radio is more of a concern to me. I live in a neighborhood with a junior high school at one end of it. You should see the way these parents drive through here, about 8 years ago I think it was a kid got creamed on a bicycle because of one of those soccer moms flying through my neighborhood, she was driving like a moron and she hit a child because of it. Theres no excuse for that kind of behavior, but to assume that everyone who speeds is driving like a moron...well ignorance is bliss.
So please, explain why speeding alone is dangerous(I'm not talking excessivly either), I'm talking like 60 in a 45 on a 4 lane road with a median separating oncoming traffic with very few streets intersecting, oh and one more detail lets add a qualified driver who is paying attention to what is around him/her. It's 6am I'm going to bed I look forward to the replies.