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‘So Much Death’: Lawmakers Weigh Stricter Speed Limits, Safer Roads for Pedestrians
(kffhealthnews.org)
this post was submitted on 04 Jun 2024
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You know why people go faster, right? It's similar to faster internet service.
No it is not similar to internet traffic. Roads can process a maximum number of vehicles per hour before they congest. If you reduce the speed the max of a road it takes longer for congestion to occur.
It is not as if this is a new insight, and you might want to drive fast because that is your god given freedom or something.. but in terms of getting from A to B max speed < average speed