Study shows speed limiters reduce road accidents

last SG · 2005-10-09T19:26:50+00:00

So do the Holden Commodores. My cousin programmed it to chime when the vehicle reaches 100km/h. I remember some taxis used to have a speed detector that sou...

Edgar_Davids SG

ok, if you loses control of your car and rams it into a lamppost at

a) 15km/h
b) 90km/h

which case will more damage be inflicted to your car and you

tell me..

sbst275 SG

Well, I think time to make our cars limited to 110km/hr

Buses, Lorries already done to 60km/hr

ditzy SG

Then go to KL how? Laughing

ShutterBug SG

Speed Limiters to people in the UK, are effective because they are largely English, and also educated or at least are in possesion of some basic fine culture. Here in Singapore, it's quite different.

Now that commercial vehicles are allowed to travel 70Kmh, but I constantly see vans and lorries zipping by at above 70.

It is hard to apply these same rules here. A speed limiter tells a van driver that he is speeding, but the amount of time left in his watch tells him he'd lose his job or get paid lesser if he doesn't step on it.

Commercial vehicles speed because a lot of us don't have enough time in one working day, to do everything.

It's the pace of living here, caused by the high costs of living.

And then, there are also young punks, who buy vans just so they can go speeding around picking up chicks. These, are likely group of motorists who'd make life hard for us true bread winners with family to feed.

Edgar_Davids SG

May i refer you to Oxford Mushroom's post (most recent)

sbst275 SG

splashes water @ ditzy Laughing

Can't you see the car speed limit is @ 110km/hr?

105090 SG

on singaporeans mindset, it is speed now, hospital later Twisted Evil

sbst275 SG

Or summon + 12 demerit pts Twisted Evil

hiaceminibus SG

wah wah wah.... Only commercial vehicles speed???????? dont tell me CAR onwer stay within SPEED LIMIT!!!

oxford mushroom SG

No, you don't understand. This is not some warning beeper that comes on to advise you to slow down. This is a GPS-controlled device that automatically cuts off fuel to your engine when you exceed the speed limit in that particular location.

ShutterBug SG

Speed limiter/limits in all general meaning of its purpose and application, is similar.

If people on our roads DON'T bother to signal, why the HELL will they heed speed limits?

As I've said, everyone (almost everyone), is in a rush daily to do whatever they have to do, in one short Singapore day.

If you run a business, and have a family to care for, one day is like half a day!!

I try not to speed as much as possible, or try to be wary of my accelerator pedal pressure. It's tempting to speed because you can get there sooner and get things done or solved sooner, and get on with the next task in the day.

But however, there are those who speed for the thrill and the habit, or the ego. These are the problems on our roads.

But whatever the reasons, be it speeding for a living or fun, SPEED always KILLS. Not matter what car you drive, even if it is a HumVee, you'd still be in danger at high speeds.

ShutterBug SG

I cannot imagine what a Traffic Mess the GPS-controlled speed limiter will produce if introduced here in SG. Sometimes, jams are caused by overly cautious or nervous first time car owners.

And wouldn't such a system's implementation costs be transfered to us motorists? Imagine if you have to pay for this system just like the ERP IU. You'd be cursing all the way to and from work daily.

Speeding Fines and Speed Cameras are good enough for our tiny island. Anything fancier, we'd be paying through our arses....

sbst275 SG

Actually traffic police are not really catching those that speed like @ 90+km/hr, they are rather catching those that speed like abv 100km/hr

Altis84 SG

wah come here spoil market sia Mr. Green

do u think the government will be so nice to limit 110 km/h for u? haha... i guess if they implement it ... they will fix it at 90 cos the max speed limit on singapore roads is 90. Maybe they will fix it lower... lower speed lower accident rate mah...

Later fix the same speed as gp car... 80. Haha. Very Happy

tailslide SG

u lunggah someone at 90kmh hit the legs the person flip over ur car and land on a tender grass verge. damage: fractured leg, couple of bruises.

u lunggah someone at 15 kmh, person tips over and head smashes into windscreen. damage: massive brain hemorrhage, person becomes a retard not unlike edgar. Laughing

its not how fast u are driving, but how the impact affects u physically. anyone who tells u that u have a higher chance of dying in a crash because u are going faster obviously ain't clever enuff to give due consideration for aggravating factors. who want this kinda system? Rolling Eyes

Edgar_Davids SG

lol...aggravating factors...may i also tell you that if you kenna hit by a remote controlled toy car travelling on the floor at 90km/h, the most serious you kenna is a painful swollen feet and the upper part of your body don't have to sustain any bruises....lol

look...you want to play lame, i can play lame with you...but come to think of it, it's really a waste of time playing lame with a dumbass...

would appreciate if you come up with a more intelligent idea to counter my point

anyway, a retard refers to someone who has kenna accidents or demerit points before, how can you call me a retard when i've maintained a clean bill of driving records...lol

anyway let's be serious, don't speed lah, SPEEDING KILLS, IT'S NEVER JUST ABOUT YOU...you see this message by traffic police on many expressways

tailslide SG

the point is we are talking bout speed of road going vehicles versus mortality in the case here, not remote control cars. even retards can see that. Laughing

statistics only account for figures. more often than not, when u are gonna implement a system as simplistic as a "catch all speed limitor" on a national (or even international) level, u obviously gotta think and see beyond this. i've said this before and i wun bother to repeat myself the reasons again, such a device will never work. it is often people with sub normal intelligence who fail to see beyond the inherent aggravating factor such as point of contact, driver error, road conditions, environmental factors, political ethos and victim's health condition who say it would.

eg, a person who is young and healthy would have a higher chance of surviving a collision at a given speed versus one who's old and frail.

eg, a person is more likely to die from a collision by a lorry travelling at 50 kmh versus a collision from a motorcyle at 70 kmh.

eg, a motorcylist is more likely to die in a collision at any given speed compared to a car driver.

eg, a huge country with lots of road space and sparce traffic conditions is less likely to have accidents even with a lax speed limit as opposed to a small country with heavy traffic flow.

do u see why u are not a politician now, mr edgar aka tomas? coz u obviously lack the intelligence to understand these aggravating factors when it comes to mortality rates on the roads. go on bragging about ur clean records and accident free experiences on the roads, coz thats about the only thing u can brag about next to the fact that u are a retard. Laughing

btw, speeding kills no doubt. i never said it doesn't so dun put words into my mouth. Rolling Eyes

nightsky87 SG

I would want to drive my car, and not the car to drive me.

I think the best speed limiter is the person behind the wheel. As long as he is responsible, that is the best speed limiting device.

Imagine (imaginary situation) you and your pregnant wife are out for supper at 2am. On the way home, your wife goes into labour. The nearest hospital is CGH. The road is empty. You rush to the hospital. However, before you reach it, there is a school zone, and the speed limit is 40km/h. As you try your best to reach the hospital as fast as possible, the speed limiter kicks in and turns your engine off (in the middle of an empty road at 2am), and you'll think to youself, Shit.

nightsky87 SG

Agree. Speeding also have to depend on what you're in.

In a truck, 60km/h is speeding. Then again there are many different types of trucks.

On a bus, 60km/h is speeding. But if you are driving a Leyland, 60km/h will flatten you. But if you are driving a Scania MK2, the bus will be able to stop before it hits you.

It all depends, right? Speeding kills. So, F1 and WRCs are competing suicidal maniacs against one annother? Speeding irresponsibly kills.

tailslide SG

tell that 2 edgar aka tomas. then again, u can't talk sense into a cow Laughing

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