[IP] more on New Risks of Automatic Speedtraps CRYPTO-GRAM, May 15, 2005
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From: Bill Williamson <batkiwi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: May 16, 2005 6:20:25 AM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [IP] New Risks of Automatic Speedtraps CRYPTO-GRAM, May
15, 2005
David Farber wrote:
at a spectrum of speeds with reasonable gaps between them, we are
seeing "pelotons" of cars traveling closely bunched together at
the same high speed, presenting unfamiliar hazards to each other
and to law-abiding slower road-users.
The result is that average speeds are going up, not down.
Just three comments.
1. What about accident rate? That is the true measure of its
effectiveness.
2. If average speed is going up, but the maximum speed is going down,
and accident rate is going down, then so what? This keeps people
from zooming by at 100 and killing themselves and a taking few others
with them. If everyone can safely travel together at 79mph on this
road, then I'm not certain what the issue is.
3. Finally, I saw no mention of anything except anecdotal evidence.
That, plus the failing to provide stats for the true measure of
"danger" in a stretch of road, points to this being a load of nothing.
Anyways, just my thoughts.
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