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Originally Posted by underscore
If they crack down on speeding enough, and people stop speeding as much (like someone posted about Alberta) then wouldn't it be easier for the police to pick out the people committing offences that are less glaringly obvious, like tailgating and drunk driving? It would interesting to see those stats in Albertans do in fact speed less.
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I don't know about you, but I can spot a tailgater no matter what speed the cars are travelling.
As for making it easier to catch drunks - er.. no. Roadblocks work well for that.
The idea is to crack down on the dangerous acts that make speed dangerous. You can't simply remove the speed and expect everything else to go away automatically.
We all hear stories like "He was speeding to beat the light", "He was speeding to make that left turn before the oncoming cars got there", "He was speeding in and out of traffic and hit the back of a bus".
The common theme here is that
another action a) encouraged the driver to speed and 2) caused the collision
If you crack down on the weaving, tailgating, unsafe turns, etc... you remove the tendancy for people to speed into those situations, and they naturally will refrain from "speeding up to make the turn, beat the light, etc..."
Crack down on the actions that make speed dangerous and you're left with drivers who will make much better decisions on when it is safe to speed.