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Re: The Benefits of Slower Traffic, Measured in Money and Lives |
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Posted by BrooklynBus on Sun Oct 11 17:29:10 2015, in response to Re: The Benefits of Slower Traffic, Measured in Money and Lives, posted by Stephen Bauman on Fri Oct 9 22:14:53 2015. There is a big difference between designing safer automobiles to reduce injuries and deaths (No one would be against that except possibly automobile makers because it might increase costs.) and redesigning streets to slow speeds unreasonably causing increased traffic congestion and air pollution and having serious economic impacts.There is no justification at all for work zone speed limits to be in effect for 1,000 feet after the work zone ends. You should be able to resume the normal speed limit at te end of the work zone. Signs also should not be put up months before work begins and not removed for months or years after work is completed. I remember one forgotten about work zone speed sign on te BQE above Park Avenue that was not removed for three years! Also, there are work zones that begin and never end. I have also seen End of Work Zone signs when there was never a Begin Work Zone sign. On the Belt Parkway there is one work zone speed zone sign of 30 mph when you can do 50 mph without any problem and another with a limit of 40 mph when if you are in the right lane and try to do 40, you wil end up in the center lane. The limit needs to be 30 mph. All this is inexcusable and the reason virtually all motorists don't take these signs seriously and that leads to accidents. There are many things we can do to improve safety without ridiculously low speed limits and inappropriate speed limits. The other day I drove on the very narrow Summit Street. The speed limit is 25 mph, but in my opinion it is not safe to go faster than 10 mph. We need peed limits that make sense, not a ridiculous default speed of 25 mph, especially for needed arterials. Also, I have never heard the AAA speak against mass transit to promote automobile use. What they have stood up for are measures that make driving more difficult or expensive. |
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