If you take 'average' as 'mean', then it's definitely 'statistically possible' that 80% of drivers are above average...it just means that you've got some really horrible outliers dragging the average down...where I'm from, they're called 'Queenslanders', but you'll have your own name for them... ;)
Oh, but that said, in no way do I disagree with the sentiment that a large portion of drivers think that they're better than most others, often mistakenly so.
Would it not be easier to just have a presetable "DO NOT EXCEED LIMIT" so you could cap the car's speedometer at 55?
This is what never understood about cars and the government's laws.
If we had speed capped to 55 mph, WHICH IS THE LEGAL SPEED LIMIT, people would have far less accidents and our insurance rates would go down.
Not to mention the fact you'd NEVER get a speeding ticket for doing over 55.
I think when the technology matures, we'll see AUTO SPEED LIMITING via GPs, satellite and digital transmission. Your speed cap will go down to 30 for residential neighborhoods and rise to 55 for highways or 70 for freeways.
Flashpoint, If you ever have the urge to run for public office, then do us all a favor and don't. You remind me too much of George Orwell's 1984. Scary.
The speedlimit in Florida is 70 and for a while Montana had abolished the speed limit on a few of it's major roads; so you were free to travel at any speed that was considered reasonable (highly subjective); many motorists regularly did over 100-120 MPH.
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If you take 'average' as 'mean', then it's definitely 'statistically possible' that 80% of drivers are above average...it just means that you've got some really horrible outliers dragging the average down...where I'm from, they're called 'Queenslanders', but you'll have your own name for them... ;)
Oh, but that said, in no way do I disagree with the sentiment that a large portion of drivers think that they're better than most others, often mistakenly so.
Would it not be easier to just have a presetable "DO NOT EXCEED LIMIT" so you could cap the car's speedometer at 55?
This is what never understood about cars and the government's laws.
If we had speed capped to 55 mph, WHICH IS THE LEGAL SPEED LIMIT, people would have far less accidents and our insurance rates would go down.
Not to mention the fact you'd NEVER get a speeding ticket for doing over 55.
I think when the technology matures, we'll see AUTO SPEED LIMITING via GPs, satellite and digital transmission. Your speed cap will go down to 30 for residential neighborhoods and rise to 55 for highways or 70 for freeways.
flashpoint (aka troll):
The legal speed limit is not 55. All of your other points are similarly stupid and/or wrongheaded.
Thanks, that is all.
Flashpoint,
If you ever have the urge to run for public office, then do us all a favor and don't. You remind me too much of George Orwell's 1984. Scary.
The speedlimit in Florida is 70 and for a while Montana had abolished the speed limit on a few of it's major roads; so you were free to travel at any speed that was considered reasonable (highly subjective); many motorists regularly did over 100-120 MPH.
http://www.us-highways.com/montana/mtspeed.htm