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From: lil abner on 17 Mar 2010 23:26
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/mar/17/tennessee-considering-extra-fines-super-speeders/
From: Speeders & Drunk Drivers Kill Kids on 19 Mar 2010 01:34
lil abner <@daisey.mae> wrote in news:o3hon.7015$iu2.6017(a)newsfe15.iad:

> http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/mar/17/tennessee-considering-ex
> tra-fines-super-speeders/
>

""""The Tennessee Department of Transportation's most recent annual traffic
study found that 70.5 percent of drivers exceeded the speed limit on
freeways with a 55 mph limit, while nearly 44 percent drove faster than a
posted 70 mph limit."""

That would stop if penalties were severe. Like mandatory loss of license
for a year for anyone caught doing 20+ over the legal limit. Let's stop
coddling these killers and maimers.
From: Dave__67 on 19 Mar 2010 08:13
On Mar 19, 1:34 am, "Speeders & Drunk Drivers Kill Kids"
<xeton2...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> lil abner <@daisey.mae> wrote innews:o3hon.7015$iu2.6017(a)newsfe15.iad:
>
> >http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/mar/17/tennessee-considering-ex
> > tra-fines-super-speeders/
>
> """"The Tennessee Department of Transportation's most recent annual traffic
> study found that 70.5 percent of drivers exceeded the speed limit on
> freeways with a 55 mph limit, while nearly 44 percent drove faster than a
> posted 70 mph limit."""
>
> That would stop if penalties were severe. Like mandatory loss of license
> for a year for anyone caught doing 20+ over the legal limit.  Let's stop
> coddling these killers and maimers.

"The Tennessee Department of Transportation's most recent annual
traffic
study found that 70.5 percent of drivers exceeded the speed limit on
freeways with a 55 mph limit, while nearly 44 percent drove faster
than a
posted 70 mph limit."

Good, hard, irrefutable evidence the speed limits referenced are too
low for the areas.


Dave
From: Arif Khokar on 22 Mar 2010 01:34
>> http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/mar/17/tennessee-considering-ex
>> tra-fines-super-speeders/

>>> The Tennessee Department of Transportation's most recent annual traffic
>>> study found that 70.5 percent of drivers exceeded the speed limit on
>>> freeways with a 55 mph limit, while nearly 44 percent drove faster than a
>>> posted 70 mph limit.

That indicates that 55 mph is the 30th percentile speed. The 85th
percentile speed (assuming a standard deviation 6 mph is roughly 64 to
65 mph. For the 70 mph zones, 70 mph is about the 66th percentile
speed. This means the 85th percentile speed is roughly 75 mph.

Simply put, TN should raise the speed limit to 65 to 70 mph in the
current 55 mph zones (like WV did 13 years ago) and raise the speed
limit in the 70 mph zones to 75 to 80 mph.

People should realize by now that 80 mph is the defacto speed of traffic
on rural interstates and that they should be posted as such (recommended
speed, not speed limit along with advisory signage for lower speeds near
interchanges).
From: Brent on 22 Mar 2010 10:50
On 2010-03-22, Arif Khokar <akhokar1234(a)wvu.edu> wrote:
>>> http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/mar/17/tennessee-considering-ex
>>> tra-fines-super-speeders/
>
>>>> The Tennessee Department of Transportation's most recent annual traffic
>>>> study found that 70.5 percent of drivers exceeded the speed limit on
>>>> freeways with a 55 mph limit, while nearly 44 percent drove faster than a
>>>> posted 70 mph limit.
>
> That indicates that 55 mph is the 30th percentile speed. The 85th
> percentile speed (assuming a standard deviation 6 mph is roughly 64 to
> 65 mph. For the 70 mph zones, 70 mph is about the 66th percentile
> speed. This means the 85th percentile speed is roughly 75 mph.
>
> Simply put, TN should raise the speed limit to 65 to 70 mph in the
> current 55 mph zones (like WV did 13 years ago) and raise the speed
> limit in the 70 mph zones to 75 to 80 mph.
>
> People should realize by now that 80 mph is the defacto speed of traffic
> on rural interstates and that they should be posted as such (recommended
> speed, not speed limit along with advisory signage for lower speeds near
> interchanges).

I forgot to change the channel one night and the local news cast came
on.... what got my attention to change channels was a report that most
of those ticketed in illinois for speeds over 100mph got the usual
'supervision' and a fine in traffic court. The report was in the usual
scary tones... seems that it's always some 'magic number' people decide
is scary. I propose all speed now be measured in mm/year. That way all
the numbers will be really big and nobody will notice much. Or better
yet in parsecs/second. All numbers will be really really small.


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