On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 08:53:31 -0400, Dave Smith
wrote:
>Larry Harvilla wrote:
>
>>
>> What both of you have just commented on here is the inherent non-safety
>> of split car/truck speed limits. If trucks were allowed to go 70, or
>> frankly even 65, you wouldn't have such a huge range between minimum and
>> maximum actual speeds; trucks wouldn't take so long to complete passes,
>> meaning you would have more freedom to pass in the left lane; and it is
>> possible Caltrans could get away with delaying any kind of widening
>> project for another few years. You would be surprised how big the effect
>> of the split speed limits really is.
>
>There is an inherent safety problem with split speed limits, but that is
>because of poor driving skills. They can work. there are no speed limits for
>cars on most of the German autobahns system. Trucks are limited to 90 kph and
>there is no passing allowed in the right. I drove from the north of Germany
>all the way to the south and then back up half way and across to France, more
>than 1200 miles, and never saw a single accident. I was travelling at about
>165 kph all the way, sticking to the middle lane. I was being passed by cars
>that were doing almost double that speed.
I've not seen an accident on I-5 either, and I've driven it a
number of times, not just once like you did on the Aautobahn. I'm
not sure what the fact that we haven't seen accidents proves.
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