Originally Posted by
RubeRad
Frankly, although I'm interested in the safety improvements of lowering speeds across the board, I'm more interested in breaking the back of overconsumption in the American automobile marketplace, because why throw away money on a car that can go 0-60 in 3 sec, but can't go any faster than 65? And if Americans start seeing cars as commodity transportation items rather than personal lifestyle statements, maybe they'd be willing to go the next step and start using mass transit, so it gets full enough to support building more mass transit, etc.
Good luck with that!
The thrill of speed/danger is rather visceral.
It’s not among just car drivers; you may want to check out the thread about maximum speed of bicyclists here.
Compared to a driver in a car getting in an accident at 55 MPH, versus a bicyclist with practically no protection, who has better odds of survival?
Are you now going to propose that bicycles should come installed with devices that automatically engage their brakes on downhill slopes when the speed reaches a certain maximum (determined by you)?
