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Re: Speed Limits
- To: vision2020@moscow.com
- Subject: Re: Speed Limits
- From: Erikus4@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 15:27:43 EDT
- Resent-Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 12:30:10 -0700 (PDT)
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>30-35 MPH is the most efficient maximum speed for urban traffic flow. It
>yields the best roadway capacity because at speeds above that, to avoid
>colliding, cars have to be spaced further apart, thus taking up more
>roadway.
Personally, I think this collision think is more theoretical than practical.
I don't see a whole lot of drivers creating safe intervals for themselves, or
honoring the interval that another has created for himself. : )
The jackasses that speed are quite possibly the same ones that tailgate.
E. O'Daniel
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