My top 10 enforcement & countermeasure pet peeves

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Originally Posted by gpracer1

The whole problem is we have no real driver education/training that is mandatory. So now we have all these laws to protect the masses. This includes the Indy drivers, us performance drivers:D and the inexperienced point A to point B in a minivan drivers with low pressure/bald tires.
Imagine if everyone had a mandatory Bondurant driving school 1 day class!!

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I don't know why we don't have PSA's and pamphlets everywhere to educate drivers about tire pressure. If you can't perform the one automotive maintenance task that's both the most frequently necessary and also the easiest to perform, you should get a bus pass.

Instead we get TPMS, because we want to continue to hand out licenses like candy to disinterested and uneducated drivers. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by category4

I understand everyone's point of view on this subject. I personally don't agree with speed enforcement for the reason that "speed kills". There are many more factors to it than speed.

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My point exactly. You simply cannot disregard speed as a valid factor without being dishonest about it. All factors are relevant.

The faster you go, the more likely you are to be seriously injured.

E=(1/2)mv(squared)

The impact of going 75 mph instead of 55 mph has almost double the kinetic energy. So you're more likely to get a serious injury from an accident.

However, speed doesn't kill isn't a great thing to say because speed doesn't really kill as much as inattentiveness kills. People who aren't paying attention and who drive aggressively cause accidents, not people driving fast. People who drive fast are more likely to get a serious injury when in an accident, but aren't more prone to getting into accidents if they pay attention, maintain safe following distances (since more distance is required to stop), etc.

I am quoting from the NHTSA's Lidar Course Instructor Manual regarding what they say about speed.


" NHTSA estimates that in 1994, speed was a factor in 30% of all fatal crashes. 88% of speed related fatalities occurred on roads that were not Interstate highways. Of all speed related fatalities, 94% occurred on roads with a speed limit of 55 mph or less.

For example. fatality statistics for 1994 show that:

- 22% of fatal accidents occurred on interstates, freeways or expressways.

- But 20% of reported fatalities occurred on local roads

- And 26% of reported fatalities occurred in minor arterial roads "