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Originally Posted by Simnut
I'm a little confused.... Speed is mentioned in everyone of the factors you mentioned in this post. I would say tail gating is caused by someone that wants to go faster than the driver in front of them. So, catching speeders should prevent this..right? You are going after the 72% of wrong doers instead of 28%....seems like a better use of resources!
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No, because you can tailgate at legal speeds. In fact that's likely when most of the tailgating happens. You have to consider what actions made the speed dangerous. Following too closely was the cause of 28% of collisions where unsafe speed was a contributor to the collision.
Running stop signs, improper passing, improper left turns, being drunk, etc.. were all contributing actions that lead to the speeder crashing.
If you focus on those aggressive actions that cause "speeders" to crash, you'll naturally remove the tendancy to speed. If I know I'm going to get caught for tailgating then I am more lilely to back off and slow down. If I know I'll get caught for rushing to make an unsafe left turn, I'll slow down for the intersection and wait for my turn.
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Originally Posted by Simnut
Alcohol was only involved in 20% of the accidents where "speed was a factor". So that means that 80% of the accidents were caused only as "speed as a factor". So, catching speeders is going after the majority cause of accidents....seems like a better use of resources!  |
You're forgetting about all the other factors that contribute to a speeding driver crashing.