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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Krieg" data-source="post: 2030891" data-attributes="member: 5282">Yes they can. Studies continually to show that it is statistically verifiable. The problem is knee jerk reactions by folks who think that the one or two aberrant data points they witness are indicitive of a trend.Yes I do.We expect too little from people.If you don't take the time to understand the capabilities of any piece of potentially dangerous machinery you were using then you have no one to blame but yourself when it bites you on the ass.No one is advocating breaking the law.It is merely being pointing out that posted speed limits are generally ineffective as a safety measure.And that is an prejudicial ad hominum attack with no factual basis....and for the record I personally have not received any type of traffic violation in over 10 years.There is no direct connetion between driving 90mph and "coming out of nowhere and slamming into you". Regardless of what the speed of the driver is or the posted speed limit the above scenario cannot happen without other traffic laws being broken. Would it really make you feel better if that someone came barreling out of nowhere and slammed into you at a legal 65mph instead? Will it make you feel better about your loved one's death if you can say "Well at least he wasn't speeding!"?This of course brings up one of the other points regarding the determination of speed limits in some areas....the desire to appear to be "doing something about the problem". Under constant barrages of "Won't somebody please think about the children!!" politicians tend to seek quick solutions to quell the outcry...even if those "solutions" do nothing to ameliorate the underlying basis of the problem in question.</blockquote>

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