Today's news had figures proving that reducing speed limit to 90kph also reduced number of accidents.
I think that's a good idea. The narrow single-lane roads are safer with a speed limit of 80kph instead of 100kph. It's not going to affect travel time that much and it's better that everybody gets to their destination in one piece.
2get1,
Dec 27, 7:13am
80% of fatal crashes happen at speeds below the posted speed limit.
neell,
Dec 27, 7:23am
So why was the road toll so high in the years if 50mph (80kph)?
clatty,
Dec 27, 7:24am
What are you saying write the other 20% off. ? Something has to be done to curb the way we drive.
clatty,
Dec 27, 7:24am
Drunks
neell,
Dec 27, 7:37am
Don't you mean improve? I have been a passenger in a car doing over 200kph and felt safer than in another car doing 80kph, the difference being the ability of the driver.
neell,
Dec 27, 7:40am
Interesting reply, are you saying that drunks caused the high road toll when the speed limit was 80kph but now that the speed limit is 100kph it's the speeders fault?
wind.turbine,
Dec 27, 7:44am
its the nervous drivers that are the dangerous ones! they go too slow making others impatient and they hesitate with every decision making it more likely to have a crash.
IMHO I do not think the speed limit is the problem these days but more towards the drivers ability.
you just have to look at how many people do not know how to indicate around roundabouts to know that there is a problem
billyfieldman,
Dec 27, 7:47am
That's because most people brake and swerve in order to try to avoid impending collision so the impact usually occur at lower speed. Either way it would reduce severity.
If the speed limit is reduced, the same braking force would result in much lower impact speed or maybe even avoid impact in the first place.
sw20,
Dec 27, 7:57am
I went around Ruapuna a few weeks ago in an RX7. I wasn't driving. I felt safer in that car than any other, even though the driver seemed to be throwing the car around with reckless abandon he knew what he was doing.
socram,
Dec 27, 7:57am
If everyone drove at the same, but sensible speed, there would be no build ups of traffic behind the few who elect to not go with the flow and therefore almost no overtaking and therefore a massively reduced number of crashes.
It's the minority dawdling who would still dawdle if the limit was 90kph, as they are only driving at 75 - 80 anyway, who initiate the problems.
Totally agree with #6 & #8.
Driving slower in a modern automatic means that the car is never in top gear, so worse economy = more pollution, a higher import bill. Longer journey times means people are more tired, more errors and quite frankly, the majority are perfectly capable at 100kph. If they are not, in this modern age, maybe they should use public transport?
The difference between 80kph at 100kph is another hour on a longer journey. A four hour journey takes 5 hours, so there is more traffic on the road for longer.
Accidents are only a small part of a very large picture, but some suffer from tunnel vision.
butterfly05,
Dec 27, 8:05am
That right there proves what a complete muppet you are.
The emphasis should be on stopping the collision happening at all! @!
Reducing the speed to reduce the impact. its just a complete load of bollox to even think like that. The speed of crashes is not the issue at all its the fact that they are happening fullstop so its driver training and ability that needs to be improved not enforcing ridiculous draconian speed laws which we already have plenty of
FFS brainwashed sheep is the major problem here in NZ.
tgray,
Dec 27, 8:09am
If that is your reasoning, why don't you want the speed limit reduced to 80kph max? Probably the very same reasons others don't want it reduced to 90.
clatty,
Dec 27, 8:13am
If reducing the speed limit to 90 kph adds another hour to the trip it must be one hell of a long trip
socram,
Dec 27, 8:23am
Do the math clatty. 100kph is 25% faster than 80kph. No-one said that reducing to 90kph would add an hour.
clatty,
Dec 27, 8:41am
There is no way a four hour trip is going to take five hours if you do 90 instead od 100kph
neell,
Dec 27, 8:52am
He never said 90, he said 80 and he is correct in what he said.
butterfly05,
Dec 27, 8:54am
It will if senile old farts like you hold everyone up.
neell,
Dec 27, 8:57am
At 90k the 4 hour trip would take 4 1/2 hours with everything else being equal but it wont be equal. Reason being every car on the open road will have to be there for longer to get to their destination at the reduced speed of 90k, this means there will be more cars on the road at any given time - this alone increase the changes of having an accident
msigg,
Dec 27, 8:57am
Secret to long distance driving is to do a steady speed, none of this stop start, tear off pass cars, stop again for coffee, tear off again, need gas, this is what takes the time. Seems too many cars on the roads now, no way you will sit on 100km for mile after mile, you will always catch up to slower cars and get frustrated, overseas they have much longer motorway systems,but you don't see anything along the way, you bypass everything, depends if your relaxed and are on holiday or tearing around for work, the tear arounds will always be frustrated, this is only going to get worse with time, even in Europe you come to a stand still on the biggest motorways, this is life with the motor car.
billyfieldman,
Dec 27, 9:00am
I think you are overcompensating for your lack of comprehension skills.
butterfly05,
Dec 27, 9:02am
I averaged 96kmh over a 5 3/4 hour trip between Rotorua and Waipukarau yesterday. Christmas day is honestly the best day of the year to travel in this country. Bugger all traffic and far less pathetic driving on display.
billyfieldman,
Dec 27, 9:02am
By your logic, increasing the speed limit to 200kph would result in less cars on the road at any given time and therefore reduce chances of accidents?
msigg,
Dec 27, 9:05am
Yea butterfly05 I went Auckland to Whangarei and back, the worst traffic flows were from Albany Motorway right till the puho tunnel, after that it wasn't too bad. Good on Ya.
butterfly05,
Dec 27, 9:05am
Why do you think the Germans do it? Put it this way if it was 200kph id be on the road for less time. Wouldnt you be on the road for less time if you did 200kph to your destination?
Hahaha. You guys honestly crack me up.
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