Comment Comment by m463 > speed lawsI think speed laws should be based on engineering/behavior as well.It's possible to artificially set speed limits too low and make normal people into fine-paying-department-funding criminals.There's something called "the 85th percentile" that engineers use to assess whether the speed limit set is too high or too low.(if the speed limit is too different than what normal people drive, the variance in speed will make the road more dangerous)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percentile#Applicationshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/85th_percentile_speed parent m463 2 years ago
I think speed laws should be based on engineering/behavior as well.
It's possible to artificially set speed limits too low and make normal people into fine-paying-department-funding criminals.
There's something called "the 85th percentile" that engineers use to assess whether the speed limit set is too high or too low.
(if the speed limit is too different than what normal people drive, the variance in speed will make the road more dangerous)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percentile#Applications
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/85th_percentile_speed