laura bush - VEHICULAR HOMICIDE
But did you do it year in and year out, during the rush hour. And did you do it for say 50 or 100 miles or more per day?
That's true, but it's a matter of degree. It's probably about 10 times as bad with a 55 mph speed limit. I drove almost 100 miles per day for about 5 years with the 55 mph speed limit and about 7 years without. I'm not saying how things should be. I'm just saying how they are. When you reduce the speed limit on a freeway to 55, the speed of the flow of traffic is about the same as it is at 65 except then you get people who go 55 in the fast lane and refuse to move over and then the tempers flair.
Some of the best speed limit rules I came up with after 12 years (3-lane freeway) is:
1. People need to go with the flow of traffic. 2. The fast last needs to go at least 5 mph faster than the middle lane. 3. The middle lane needs to go a least 5 mph faster than the slow lane. 4. When all the lanes are going at the same speed in heavy traffic, there's hell to pay.
I couldn't agree more. All states ought to pbutt Aggressive Driving laws and enforce them rigorously. I'm all for putting reckless and aggressive drivers in jail. You're not going to solve America's safety problems by reducing speed limits to 55 on freeways though. When you reduce the speed limit on a freeway to 55, the speed of the flow of traffic is about the same as it is at 65. People just get crazier.
