Instead, put 15km/h (10mph) speed limits in residential areas, 40km/h (25mph) speed limits on arterial roads, and an 105km/h (65mph) electronic highway speed limiter, exclusively for vehicles with bonnet height above 40" or 1m. That will mitigate the danger these vehicles have on our roads.
don’t forget to give these drivers the finger and flash your high beams at them when they drive towards you at night!
so sick of getting blinded by headlights, flashing somebody, and then they flash their “high beams” back but it’s almost impossible to tell the difference
I do want to point out that while aiming and headlight height are a factor that makes it worse, it’s the sheer brightness in the first place that’s the main issue with headlights
I drive a little roadster and those trucks are especially terrifying for me. I know they can’t fucking see me at all when I’m driving next to them on the right.
Enforcement, or the need for constant traffic surveillance, has already been raised as a problem with this approach. People tend to drive as fast as they feel safe on most streets, with the occasional unaware jerk screwing everything up. The threat of a possible ticket doesn’t really work, or else we wouldn’t have these problems in the first place.
A better approach is re-engineering streets for traffic calming. Basically threaten drivers with breaking or damaging their vehicle if they try too drive fast and/or in a straight line. Way more effective.
I agree, but I living in Toronto I found that people wanted to go 20-30% above the limit, so when it was 60 drivers would go 75-80, now it’s 50 so they go 60-65.
I don’t want to ban pick up trucks.
Instead, put 15km/h (10mph) speed limits in residential areas, 40km/h (25mph) speed limits on arterial roads, and an 105km/h (65mph) electronic highway speed limiter, exclusively for vehicles with bonnet height above 40" or 1m. That will mitigate the danger these vehicles have on our roads.
Vehicle-specific speed limits are long overdue. Even having 2 or 3 categories would go a long way.
Height limits for the front grille as well. So many trucks are up to my neck. It’s ridiculous.
don’t forget to give these drivers the finger and flash your high beams at them when they drive towards you at night!
so sick of getting blinded by headlights, flashing somebody, and then they flash their “high beams” back but it’s almost impossible to tell the difference
I do want to point out that while aiming and headlight height are a factor that makes it worse, it’s the sheer brightness in the first place that’s the main issue with headlights
I drive a little roadster and those trucks are especially terrifying for me. I know they can’t fucking see me at all when I’m driving next to them on the right.
I would absolutely love for that
Yes it would fuck up traffic. and people would change their vehicle choice as a result
That would only work if it’s enforced. It’d be significantly harder to enforce that than a ban. I’ll take the ban please.
Enforcement, or the need for constant traffic surveillance, has already been raised as a problem with this approach. People tend to drive as fast as they feel safe on most streets, with the occasional unaware jerk screwing everything up. The threat of a possible ticket doesn’t really work, or else we wouldn’t have these problems in the first place.
A better approach is re-engineering streets for traffic calming. Basically threaten drivers with breaking or damaging their vehicle if they try too drive fast and/or in a straight line. Way more effective.
https://www.smatstraffic.com/blog/traffic-calming
I agree, but I living in Toronto I found that people wanted to go 20-30% above the limit, so when it was 60 drivers would go 75-80, now it’s 50 so they go 60-65.