Same. Speeding tickets are so fucking expensive where I live. Guaranteed to be at least $300 at a minimum. I can’t afford that, so I barely go over to mitigate the effect of being the slowest driver on the road. In general though, idgaf.
I also drive a Prius, so it’s at least somewhat expected ha
What if I don’t drive at all? Why should we accept people like you being infinitely more likely then me to kill someone with a car? Where is the limit? Why can’t we just make all speed limits zero?
Nobody cares about your condescending non-solution that ignores human nature and is therefore worthless.
Traffic engineers have to design for the reality of how people actually act, not some theoretical Platonic ideal of how they “should” act.
Edit: that first sentence is harsher in tone than @derpoltergeist@col.social deserved, in retrospect. I’m not going to rewrite it because I still mean what I wrote, but please treat it as being addressed towards people who make that sort of argument in bad faith instead of at Pablo. (Sorry, I guess I’ve still got some leftover cynicism from Reddit.)
Same. Speeding tickets are so fucking expensive where I live. Guaranteed to be at least $300 at a minimum. I can’t afford that, so I barely go over to mitigate the effect of being the slowest driver on the road. In general though, idgaf.
I also drive a Prius, so it’s at least somewhat expected ha
@figaro @vlad76 Hey, did you guys know that speed limits exist because the faster a car goes, the more likely it is to kill someone?
If you don’t go over the the speed limit not only do you not have to pay a fine, you’re also less likely to kill someone! It’s a win for everyone!
What if I don’t drive at all? Why should we accept people like you being infinitely more likely then me to kill someone with a car? Where is the limit? Why can’t we just make all speed limits zero?
Nobody cares about your condescending non-solution that ignores human nature and is therefore worthless.
Traffic engineers have to design for the reality of how people actually act, not some theoretical Platonic ideal of how they “should” act.
Edit: that first sentence is harsher in tone than @derpoltergeist@col.social deserved, in retrospect. I’m not going to rewrite it because I still mean what I wrote, but please treat it as being addressed towards people who make that sort of argument in bad faith instead of at Pablo. (Sorry, I guess I’ve still got some leftover cynicism from Reddit.)
I got the need…