Daisy wrote:Whickle wrote: ... So in slowing down, you reduce the risks should you be involved in an accident. Reduce speed = Decreased risk of having an accident = Reduced severity of injury; reduces the risk of death from injuries sustained in an accident....
You know what annoys me the most about this? Its becoming more and more obvious that the assumption is that I WILL crash. Its gone beyond if and become when. So why don't we just ban motor vehicles altogether?
The population’s mentality is what needs to change. Compliance with the law would be a good start.
Just what Australia needs. More sheep. The mentality
is changing. The population is becoming stupider by the minute. But that's ok ... as long as they aren't speeding.
So, the whole “slow down” message is actually a fair statement. It’s basically telling you to obey the law. What’s so hard to fathom about that?
Are you serious? Once upon a time, a law that was so blatantly disregarded by so many people would have been discarded as a bad law, but the grubbyment has become addicted to the revenue it generates.
I love a good quote train.... FFS Daisy, settle down and look at what I’m saying. we're not saying that 1km over the limit will kill you. Nor that we should become sheep. So, get over it.
They tell you when you get your license, "speed, get caught, get fined. Do it too often, loose you license. Laws are in place to protect people and or control a situation. Not raise money for the government. see my previous post.
As for the slow down thing, back in the days of no speed limits, few fast cars didn’t do 200-300km/h. since cars have become more available to the masses, and faster, the need to limit speed reared its head. I’m going to call the speed limit an average. Sectors of roads have averages. These averages are determined by engineers unless other factors weigh in. E.g. school zones or pedestrian areas. The closer to the average the cars go, the lower number of times people need to pass, slow down or move out of the way. And that was just for cars going in the same direction. Now think about if you add 20 cars going at it in 2 directions.... Farq, i hav'nt even talked about lanes, lines and other shit on the roads... Thats more shit you have to deal with.
When people speed (Don’t stick to the average/speed limit) and need to avoid other cars by way of overtaking, slowing or swerving, they affect other vehicles. We see this all the time on the bikes. Cars pull out on us all the time as they can’t judge our speed, acceleration or breaking capabilities. The slower vehicle's driver concentrates on the faster vehicle rather than just doing the right thing and maintaining speed and direction. The fast vehicle is trying to slow, look for an out or an overtaking opportunity. This usually has to occur in a very short space of time. The faster your going, the less time you have. It gets worse when it’s happening at the same time in both directions. Most times, drivers can do all this without a drama. It’s the off time that an accident occurs. So by slowing down, and doing the average for the particular sector of road, you reduce the occurrence of sharp manoeuvres or sudden changes in speed. Giving you more time to react to something should it happen. The old wipe off 5 ad's in NSW were a great example of this.
Your speeding may not cause an accident, but it may cause others to do stupid things as a result. Somone else's speeding may affect you. So, the speed that this all occurs at, can dramatically affect the outcome.
(Increase speed over the average = increase the need to avoid slower vehicles) = greater risk of incidents.
It’s called risk mitigation. Reduced speed = Reduced risk = reduced number of incidents = Less deaths on our roads. It’s called OH&S in the workplace. Seems it is not the case on the roads.
Daisy, im not trying to have a personal attack at you on this, more so to even up the scales of reason. It seemed a pretty one sided discussion till i jumped into it.
Seriously people, instead of having a go at the system, find out why it is the way it is. You may just get a shock! Its there to protect you from yourself and others.
Too bad it was in an area that is well known for speeding, and people getting caught... They have since fitted a fixed camera. Revenue raising or a permanant reminder to watch your speed?