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Originally Posted by HospitalCoder
Because speeders on local roads typically drive 5 to 10 mph over the posted limit. Additionally, there are plenty of people who do go the speed limit and that should slow speeders down.
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Interesting. Do you imagine the speeders do the math in their head and then travel 5 to 10 mph over the posted limit or do they travel what they perceive to be a safe speed and it just happens that the posted limit is 5 to 10 mph below that?
I would say it's the latter - that speed limits may have represented a safe speed at one point but were then reduced for one reason or another to the point that drivers recognize they are artificially low and ignore them.
Of course, there are also some drivers who drive far too fast (or too slow); these drivers are clearly a problem.
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