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Old 25-01-2008, 07:05 AM
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Originally Posted by R R8D REX
weren't there less accidents in some part of the world when they trialled raising the speed limit by 20 k's or so? or not having one? I cant remember where it was but there was less deaths because people really only drove as fast as they were comfortable with and because that was higher than normal speed limits, they were concentrating more on the road/surroundings than how bright their instrument cluster should be.....
those countries generally also have better driver education programs and a more expensive licensing system.


but it has been shown to reduce incidents by 'puting drivers out of their comfort zone'
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