Safe Speed Forums

I'm not quite sure where I'm going with this, so please excuse the rambling.

It started off with a thought, and the feeling that there must be some way of tying this in to form a coherent and effective argument.

The thought was, "Drivers tend to slow down where and when there's danger."

It follows from this that dangerous roads tend to be slower, and safe roads tend to be faster. But can it also be said that slow roads tend to be dangerous and fast roads tend to be safe? I reckon that, in the absence of confounding factors such as artificially low speed limits, this can be said.

And can it be said that slowing down the traffic on a particular road tends to make it safer, or that speeding the traffic up tends to make it more dangerous? I believe this is approaching what is a leap too far.

And I simply cannot see how it can possibly follow that slower roads are safer.

Cheers
Peter

_________________
Only when ideology, prejudice and dogma are set aside does the truth emerge - Kepler