Safer at Speed
Djuggler from Reality Me has a post up about the Orange Route / I -475 (The Knoxville Beltway). He sees the route / road as being basically un-needed and a combination of destruction of scenic natural areas and a poltical pay off to local big wigs. Though I am not naive to the later, I do not find the route selected particualarly natural at this time anyway. I simply I am for the road / route and see more good then bad, though there is some of the later in the project. With that said I believe d and I will just have to agree to disagree overall on this project as I more then respect his views and opinions.
Now to the what I find REALLY interesting about this post. The information that speed saves. I have long held from personal obversation that the faster traffic moves as a unit the safer it is. Problems occur when a slow moving / broken down vechile disrupts the flow. Others then attempt to make reckless moves and result is a crash. If the entire flow of traffic moves at a high rate of speed togathers problems just do not arise. D also points out that Knoxville is attempting to slow traffic not for safety but for eco reasons, which will allow for federal funds in construction of the Orange route.
Read the full post here, it is worth your time.
