• kibiz0r@midwest.social
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    2 hours ago

    Sounds like NHTSA recommended the veto so we don’t end up with competing standards.

    Good move, IMO. For a system as large as this, with severe safety implications, you really don’t want to start on the wrong foot.

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    4 hours ago

    Cool, he vetoed one thing that I agree should have been vetoed.

    People are not getting into speeding accidents because they don’t know they are speeding. This would solve nothing, but woukd be a distraction any time it triggers off an incorrectly indexed speed limit.

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      Yup. My understanding is that the roads have a much higher effect on driving. Design roads for slow traffic and you will get slow traffic.

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        Milton Keynes, in the UK, seems to have nailed this. It’s effectively a grid of roundabouts. When the roads are empty, you can race along at 60mph (legally). As soon as it starts to build, the road naturally slows to 40, then 30mph. No cameras etc needed.

        It also has the red ways. You can walk most places, without having to cross a major road. It uses underpasses for pedestrians and bikes etc.

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      3 hours ago

      Every speed limit on Google maps is wrong in my area so yeah this bill is a horrible idea

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        My Volvo displays speed limits and I can have it beep if I go over, done by camera if I’m not mistaken, very rarely wrong.

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        While Google Maps may be incorrect, government data should be nearly perfect.

        Also, you know you can suggest fixes in Google Maps, right?

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      3 hours ago

      I assume the idea is to be like the seatbelt beeps: they prevent the unwanted behavior by being too annoying to ignore for more than a few seconds.

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        15 minutes ago

        Wouldn’t bother someone who’s deaf and blind. They’d just continue driving the wrong way down the highway, blissfully unaware.

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        I wish tesla’s and bmw’s came with lane assist so that its harder to change lanes without a turn signal. also all cars should come with lights always on, so many cars in the early morning or dusk driving around with their lights off its hard to notice them

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    The solution to speeding isn’t to tell people they are speeding, it’s to make people feel comfortable speeding via good urban design.