[DGthe3]

Originally Posted by firedrop

http://www.0-60mag.com/blog/2011/11/...d-limits-rant/

interesting read.. many studies have shown that there are fewer car crashes on the autobahn where motorists frequently go 150+mph.

speed limits create unnecessary traffic and congestion.

Correlation does not mean causation. Germany doesn't have fewer crashes because they have unlimited stretches of autobahn, they have fewer crashes & unlimited stretches of autobahn because they take driver training very seriously. Better drivers don't crash as often, and can be trusted to determine for themselves what a safe speed is.

Also, please explain how speed limits cause traffic & congestion. Congestion occurs because there are too many vehicles for the road to handle. And when you think about it, safe following distance increases much faster than vehicle speed does. So the faster cars are going, the less capacity a road has. As for traffic, are you saying that people drive more because they can't drive as fast as they'd like to? Because thats the only scenario I can envision where the existence of speed limits create traffic.