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If the drivers who doddle along in the left lane would move right everyone would be safer. Left lane camper's & members of the anti-destination league are the problem. Along with this country's laughable driver training.

 

Cool--if the fatality rate is dropping roughly 15% per 5 mph increase, they should increase the speed limit another 35 MPH to 105mph, and theoretically decrease the fatalities to 0.

Excuse me for a moment, gotta see if my Shell stock came through on E-trades.

 

Studies have shown that the safest speed is that which 85% of drivers on that road travel at. It's not speed that is dangerous it is the speed differential between drivers on a road.

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I just noticed OHIO is actually called "HI" between 2 donut's one at each end. :lol: :donut1:

 

Maybe all the Darwin awards are having a positive effect. The gene pool is being cleared of stupid drivers.

 

My philosophy has always been faster is safer, and I can back it up. The faster I go, the quicker I get there, the quicker I get there, the less time I'm on the road for someone to hit me.

My all-time favorite speeding ticket line:

Officer: "I've been waiting for you all day!"

Speeder: "I've been trying like hell to get here as fast as I could."

No ticket issued....

One I used myself off the top of my head, driving through the state of Indiana, with Illinois plates after an interview (the day before Thanksgiving, about 25 years ago):

Officer: "Son, do you know what the speed limit is here in the state of Indiana?"

Me: "No, but I'm hoping it's about 10 MPH faster than it is in the state of Illinois."

Ticket given.

 

I wish we would get rid of the HOV lanes and pass a law that would not allow anyone at anytime to be in the far left lane if they are not in a car. This means every stupid MINIVAN, Truck, SUV, Bus, Semi must stay right.

FYI this works well in Northern NJ on the turn pike near NYC. The road splits and all trucks and busses have to be on a separate 3 lane road running parallel to the cars.

 

..damn, the secret's out !!!!

 

Speed does not kill people, it the sudden stops.

 

Do you think this report will have the Troopers doing anything but handing out speeding tickets? NO. We fund an entire state police to do almost nothing but tax us again with speeding tickets.

No I didn't just get one. Just my rant for the day.

 

Yep Ohio has a pretty high $peed tax...... It's all about revenue not traffic safety.

 

Or maybe people on cellphones have learned to stop walking in the road. :lol:

 

Sadly, some will take this to mean that it's safer to drive faster.

 

Sorry to make you sad. Safety Fast! :arf:

 

Other countries are worse at training, believe me. I lived in South Korea for a few years. You had to get your license BEFORE you could take any training courses. So of course, what's the incentive to take any training once you've gotten a license?

Some countries merely require that you can drive forward in a straight line, then reverse in a straight line. That's it. Test passed.

It's weird to think about, but our licenses work as proof that we can drive in any country in the world. We can rent cars anywhere with a US issued license, but not everyone can rent cars here with their countries' license.

And even so, we've got no shortages of idiots on the roads.

 

Hearing there are other places with worse training somehow doesn't make me feel any better or make those moron's here any less stupid.

I'm with you Dave keep those darned trucks out of the left lane. Semi's in the left lane.... :incazzato:

 

Japan has actual driving centers, road courses where they teach. I can't remember how long the program is before you can even get on the road but I would have went crazy as a 16 year old.

 

HAHAHA Ever get a ticket in Virginia?

I thought I was buying the whole police station Dinner. :mad2:

FYI~ I think anything over 20 - 25 MPH get you a subpoena for court and after fines you can still end up in jail for 90 days.

 

Its worse if you are an actual resident of Virginia. The get fines on top of fines from what I'm told.