It’s more so psychology. There’s a few videos floating around YouTube by creators like Not Just Bikes that explain the concept, but in short most people are going to drive a speed that is comfortable for them, and that is dependent on the size and design of the road, which means the best way to make people obey the speed limit is to use narrower roads and the best way to make people break it is to design wider straighter roads.
This is what they mean by the speed “speed limit being too low for the street”. The speed limit may be an amount but the speed suggested by the street design itself pushes people to go faster
Fair. Even though I feel like at least 4 out of 5 cars have cruise control (a lot even with distance control) and a speed limiter, so it would be easy to suppress one’s psychology. At least that is what I do.
In the scenario I described above, congrats, you now stick out like a sore thumb as traffic flows around you, and you need to hope or pray that everyone coming up behind you is alert. Police can pull you for causing a hazard, and plus you just radiate “I have something to hide” energy. Simply driving slower isn’t some magic solution when no one else joins you.
It’s more so psychology. There’s a few videos floating around YouTube by creators like Not Just Bikes that explain the concept, but in short most people are going to drive a speed that is comfortable for them, and that is dependent on the size and design of the road, which means the best way to make people obey the speed limit is to use narrower roads and the best way to make people break it is to design wider straighter roads.
This is what they mean by the speed “speed limit being too low for the street”. The speed limit may be an amount but the speed suggested by the street design itself pushes people to go faster
Fair. Even though I feel like at least 4 out of 5 cars have cruise control (a lot even with distance control) and a speed limiter, so it would be easy to suppress one’s psychology. At least that is what I do.
In the scenario I described above, congrats, you now stick out like a sore thumb as traffic flows around you, and you need to hope or pray that everyone coming up behind you is alert. Police can pull you for causing a hazard, and plus you just radiate “I have something to hide” energy. Simply driving slower isn’t some magic solution when no one else joins you.