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Originally Posted by sim
The faster you are going, the more distance you will travel in both your reaction time and eventual braking action. Not to mention the greater momentum if a collision does occur.
Your point aside, reductions in speed can actually have an improved affect on overall traffic flow. Not to say that the speeds posted anywhere within the city are meant as such, as I don't think Calgary has implemented anything like that yet.
Secondly, let's say that such a thing isn't the case in Calgary, slower speeds can be advantageous in the long term. If travel times become slower comparitively with other modes, there would be less traffic as people opt for those other modes. Less traffic, usually means less accidents.
I do have to agree that a drunk driver is much more troublesome though.
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I realize that the faster you go, the longer you travel while moving your foot to the brake, and it takes longer to stop. I think tailgating is a much bigger problem in causing accidents. I see people driving 120km/h, 5' off the bumper of the guy in front. If the car in front ever had to slam on his brakes, the guy behind wouldn't even have time to react to the car in front stopping and would just plow into them. Like I said, the biggest thing we need to do is have better education and recurring testing.
You can go over the speed limit and still drive very safe, and you can go under the speed limit and drive dangerously. I really dont think speed is a major concern (with exception to people who go 150 down Deerfoot), it's bad driving habits that are dangerous.