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[–] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago (4 children)

if there are speed limits i usually am forced to spend more time dicking around looking for signs or cops or checking the speedometer, instead of focusing on the road and how safe my current speed actually feels

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If your mental capacity is reached by checking your surroundings while all the traffic is going roughly the same speed as you, then no way youre capable of handling "no speed limit" where everyone is driving to their liking.

It's not just you who'd be suddenly free to do whatever they want, but everyone else too.

Claiming "I know better what's best for me" is the best sign of someone who absolutely doesn't.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think you're misunderstanding their message. To me it reads that places where there's low speed limits, are also places where you need to pay a lot of attention on the street and surroundings and wouldn't want to drive faster anyways

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Fair, maybe that's how it was meant. But "dicking around" makes me think otherwise.

[–] adriaan 16 points 10 months ago

I think traffic calming is really interesting for this reason, building roads to make you feel most comfortable at the correct speed. The road design here is usually good, but when driving I feel really anxious on roads that have a design not matching the speed limit too.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

100% agreed. If I don’t set cruise control, I usually speed on my commute due to me just focusing on the grip of my car, distance to/from other cars, and perceived speed. It’s just hard to gauge speed without checking often on my speedometer, which isn’t as safe. Even just trying to follow at a constant distance in the right lane is difficult because the semi trucks usually end up having wide speed differences at random times, meaning 60mph-80mph depending on the hill usually.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This can be solved quite easily by introducing head-up-displays in cars showing the speed in front of the driver. HUDs were introduced years ago in some airliners allowing the pilots to maintain situational awareness while having quick access to the critical information about the aircraft. And introducing safety standards from commercial aviation is almost always a good step.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

I've driven a car that kind of projected your speed onto the bottom of the wind shield. It's really convenient, can recommend.