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Originally Posted by Phil@rise
I was tryin so hard not to post here anymore cus I know my opinions offended some that werent in the right frame of mind but for cryin out loud! Marco911 can you just drive off a fuckin bridge.
If its believed that closing the middle lane will save lives then do it and heres why....
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Do you think we should close the middle lane during rush hour, which is when collisions and the fatality rates peak?
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In your world everyone should follow along like sheep at 100mph cus you can drive that fast and your Little Bo Fuckin Peep and if everyone is driving that fast its a safer world for you to be in. Correct?
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Wrong. Nice strawman argument. My argument is as follows:
1) Drive at a speed that is reasonable and prudent. Reasonable and prudent does not necessarily mean following the speed limit. When traffic is moving much faster than the speed limit, it is safer to drive at the speed of traffic flow in your lane of travel. When there is adverse road conditions, it is safer to drive slower than the speed limit.
2) Drive in a manner that minimizes one's traffic footprint by allowing faster vehicles to pass. That means do not drive next to someone for extended lengths of time, or block the fast lane unless passing.
If the middle lane is closed on LGB, faster traffic can't pass, people will drive too close to each other, and you will see that rear end collisions will increase.
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NO not everyones car can handle that rate of speed on every road. Cars, roads and people are full of variables and not all can be accounted for, not even you can account for all the variables. Imagine a Nissan Micra tryin to keep up to you. As such a margin of error must be accounted for and some lee way put in place. Problem here is you have IDIOTS (yeah I said it again) like you who believe that they know all and can drive like the bloody Stig himself,you cant. Its not a closed road course with variables eliminated. So slow the fuck down take that exra minute to make the whole crossing and we all live a little longer.
Yeah I'm bein a dink again deal with it. I'm hangry.
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Does driving the speed limit guarantee, one won't be involved in a road collision or death? No it doesn't. Besides, there are a lot of studies that show that when the speed limit on highways are raised to the speed that traffic actually flows at, fatality rates decrease.