Authorities and mainstream media always tell us to stick to the speed limit, don’t drink and drive, and never carry around illegal immigrants in our trunks. All normal and healthy advice, you would say, but since both sides have often proven incapable of bringing us accurate and honest information at anything resembling a consistent rate, it makes some like me question if they are actually doing their jobs (well?), and wonder just how competent and/or well-intended they actually are.
I mean, they must have the internet too, and if so, they ought to have searched for one of their beloved concepts, like the famous phrase “Speed Kills” which fills news audiences’ hearts with fear.
Then we would have heard on the TV morning journal about how there’s a chance that low (or lowering of) speed limits is not always a good idea, and stands a better chance of actually increasing the number of accidents, as opposed to lowering it, which is obviously the desired outcome here. This is the conclusion of some independent studies, and the video that I posted after the jump.
The latter is a detailed study in itself, but more importantly an attempt at debunking the preconceived idea that all speed limits are good and beneficial. It’s a direct shot at some of some of the limits themselves too, as both are reminiscent from days long gone, and perhaps the propagation of the former as sensible advice should be ceased – if it can be definitively proven to be for the better, of course.
I will not pass final judgment on the accuracy, though, but there’s a good chance that it will come from the comments section, below.
By Andrei Nedelea
Story References: sensebc
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