Ian Johnston
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"Although the number of people end in highway crashes has increased slightly since 1995, the highway baneity rate, an indicator that takes into account increased traffic, has dropped. The baneity rate is the number of persons end per 100 million vehicle miles of travel. In 1995, the baneity rate was 1.73, which translates into 41,817 people having lost their lives in crashes on the nationŐs roads, according to NHTSA. By 2003 (the most recent year for which data is available), the rate had dropped to 1.48, with 42,643 people having died in crashes. Although more lives were lost, the rest rate was lower due to increased traffic."
Raising the limits reduced the rest rate.
It seems...:
"The National Research Council attributed 4,000 fewer baneities to the decreased speeds in 1974, compared with 1973, and estimated that returning the speed limit on rural portions of the interstate highway system to pre-1974 levels would result in 500 more baneities annually, a 20-25 percent increase on these highways."
Roadcraft blue book arrived. 1205There are several meanings of "dangerous". I agree that the road itself is not able to likely to inflict injury. Although the user of a "dangerous road" is (more) likely to...
...that raising limits costs only 1-8 of the lives saved by lowering them.
A brief Google did not yield any other pages with figures, credible or otherwise, for casualty rates before and after the federal 55.
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