Post by DontDentMyCar on May 17, 2014 17:47:51 GMT -5
Your quote is messed up Dashcam Drenthe as it's hard to tell what I wrote versus what you're adding.
First remember I was referring to miles per hour, not kph.
Stats can be misleading sometimes. There are other factors, like I suspect education is better there versus the US (this has been shown as a factor that the general public being better educated can improve safety), I bet most people understand what the autobahn is all about, it probably requires special inspections before you can drive like that on it, our roads may be more congested, I know that our roads are not designed as robust as the autobahn and so on.
And I wasn't referring to speed specifically on the German Autobahn, but going 161 mph on any road and bumping someone is incredibly stupid, and now to be specific if I wasn't before, going 161 mph on a public road is also stupid whether the law allows it there or not. That fast equals a guaranteed death if anything goes wrong. I bet because of this a lot of people, maybe most don't even drive on the autobahn. It shouldn't be allowed no matter how many people (speed adrenaline junkies with expensive cars) want it… to allude that it's safer stats or not is ridiculous because it defies common sense.
I wonder if perhaps my response to this will turn this into a hot topic as it can be an argument as to wether the autobahn is safe to drive at ridiculous speeds or not. See I used the word ridiculous and some here are saying it's not, so there's a fundamental disagreement that may never be resolved.
It also opens up a discussion of speeding, implying it is safer which could encourage other young drivers to read that and think speeding is safer to do than driving at the speed limit. Studies in the US clearly showed a reduction of deaths on the highway when speeds were reduced from 75 mph to 55 mph. But because of impatient public pressure some states (maybe most or all now) agreed to re-raise the limit back to 75 mph and the increased deaths followed. There is no doubt in my mind, and the stats support it, that driving slower gives a driver more time to react and more time to slow down their vehicle to avoid or lessen the impact of a collision.
So I guess before one talks in regards of speeding excessively they should put it into full context so no one mistakenly thinks it's an okay thing to do. And, to reiterate that the posted speed was never exceeded.
First remember I was referring to miles per hour, not kph.
Stats can be misleading sometimes. There are other factors, like I suspect education is better there versus the US (this has been shown as a factor that the general public being better educated can improve safety), I bet most people understand what the autobahn is all about, it probably requires special inspections before you can drive like that on it, our roads may be more congested, I know that our roads are not designed as robust as the autobahn and so on.
And I wasn't referring to speed specifically on the German Autobahn, but going 161 mph on any road and bumping someone is incredibly stupid, and now to be specific if I wasn't before, going 161 mph on a public road is also stupid whether the law allows it there or not. That fast equals a guaranteed death if anything goes wrong. I bet because of this a lot of people, maybe most don't even drive on the autobahn. It shouldn't be allowed no matter how many people (speed adrenaline junkies with expensive cars) want it… to allude that it's safer stats or not is ridiculous because it defies common sense.
I wonder if perhaps my response to this will turn this into a hot topic as it can be an argument as to wether the autobahn is safe to drive at ridiculous speeds or not. See I used the word ridiculous and some here are saying it's not, so there's a fundamental disagreement that may never be resolved.
It also opens up a discussion of speeding, implying it is safer which could encourage other young drivers to read that and think speeding is safer to do than driving at the speed limit. Studies in the US clearly showed a reduction of deaths on the highway when speeds were reduced from 75 mph to 55 mph. But because of impatient public pressure some states (maybe most or all now) agreed to re-raise the limit back to 75 mph and the increased deaths followed. There is no doubt in my mind, and the stats support it, that driving slower gives a driver more time to react and more time to slow down their vehicle to avoid or lessen the impact of a collision.
So I guess before one talks in regards of speeding excessively they should put it into full context so no one mistakenly thinks it's an okay thing to do. And, to reiterate that the posted speed was never exceeded.