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[...] It is clear that a significant minority of British drivers put their time and their 'needs' above the safety of other road users and pedestrians. In a few decades, the driverless car will be perfected and the driven car must be made obsolete, preferably by law.
Until then the Government and the insurance industry should take radical steps to help residents of rural and urban communities reclaim their neighbourhoods from the lorries, the lunatics - and those Great British Motorists who like toddlers think they can do what they like, and explode with rage and indignation when questioned about it.
Black boxes compulsory in every vehicle, with improved technology that detects speed limit breaking and careless or aggressive driving.
Insurance companies encouraged to hike premiums immediately and punitively as bad driving is revealed.
Insurance companies obliged to hand over to DVLA and / or police all data that reveals traffic offences and dangerous driving.
Legal framework to allow prosecution and driving bans relating to offences revealed by black boxes.
Legal changes to encourage use of dashcam / helmet-cam / CCTV evidence to prosecute motorists.
Comprehensive review of 30mph speed limits, with local consultations on which should be lowered to 20mph.
Limit revs to 3,000rpm on all vehicles - as condition of passing MOT - to cut noise and dangerous acceleration.
Funding for technology that will limit all vehicles automatically to the local speed limit (and in the case of national speed limits, a safe speed for the road conditions); and will prevent heavy goods vehicles from using inappropriate rural and urban roads.
Source: This is Money
(Score: 2) by jdavidb on Monday August 22 2016, @01:51AM
Safety. You'll find the 85th percentile mentioned in that link. That is the safest speed limit. The speed at which the vast majority of drivers are comfortable is the safest speed. If half or more of the motoring public is exceeding the posted speed limit, then the speed limit was NOT set for safety reasons - it was set to generate revenue.
That's very true, and I agree with you completely, but justifying road rage against people going slower than you prefer doesn't help the situation. It's not as if any of us individually can convince the revenue suckers to raise the limits to something sane, and I for one am tired of being stopped unjustifiably for speeding (once going 33 in what should have been a 30 but was actually a 20, once going 40 on a freeway service road that was marked 30 for no reason, etc), that I am no longer willing to take the risk of being their target.
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