impede the flow of traffic. This distinction is not unique in Germany but is applicable on their federal highway system, aptly named the Autobahn. Rules regarding how anyone driving on the autobahn state that a driver must go a certain speed, or that driver becomes a public safety hazard, much like that of speeders in America. Many foreigners only hear how the autobahn has no speed limit and that is not necessarily true. There are in fact many areas that are speed limited and strictly enforced by the
For example, large stretches’ of the Autobahn do not have a speed limit. While there are many people who drive at speeds in excess of one hundred and fifty miles per hour (Driving 150mph on the Autobahn, YouTube), but the average speed of the majority of vehicles is eighty miles per hour. This is merely ten miles per hour faster than the speed limits on most comparable United States highways. Even though there is no set speed limit on large portions of the Autobahn, fatalities are much lower than that
value, safety. Many nations therefore have different perspectives on what freedom means to them in regards to roads and driving. A nation’s perspective on the value of freedom directly correlates to the safety of their roads. The building of Das Autobahn reflects Germany’s national perspective on the value of freedom. The Germans, one could argue, hold driving as a national value. This mindset of this is seen in their setup of highways. The beginnings of the highway network started before WWII. This
1794. You may ask, what is the significance of this date. 1974 was the year of first modern road transportation network was established in Great Britain, allowing the first mail coach service between Bristol and London that ran on a timetable. However, roads have been around for centuries. So how is this relatively late date the “first” instance of a modern transportation system? Let us take a look at transport throughout the ages, and roads in particular. Pre-Roman History In prehistory up to circa
Automobile Speeding Humans in the twentieth century live in an era characterized by an unrelenting desire for speed. The ability to go faster and accomplish more often seems to be the option of choice. Everything from the information super highway to the interstate highway is dominated by this need for speed. Whether it is fast food or fast cars, more powerful search engines or automobile engines, the fact of the matter is people rarely stop to catch their breath. Ever since the wheel people
Consequentialism, Deontology, and Inevitable Trade-offs ABSTRACT: Recently, unrestrained consequentialism has been defended against the charge that it leads to unacceptable trade-offs by showing a trade-off accepted by many of us is not justified by any of the usual nonconsequenlist arguments. The particular trade-off involves raising the speed limit on the Interstate Highway System. As a society, we seemingly accept a trade-off of lives for convenience. This defense of consequentialism may be
Road Rage These days, cars are necessary for everyday living. They take us where we need to go. They are the method of transportation for everyday traveling. Road rage is an increasing problem in America. Incidents of violent driving have been rising for many years now. Many people identify themselves by the car they drive, because of this; road rage is only increased. Potential problems should try to be avoided. Some would say that speed limits are not adequate, or certain laws should be changed
I am for the Limitation of Speed Limits for the following reasons. Driving at a high speed can cause death and serious injuries many people have died and suffered over serious injuries for high speeding limitation. All over the world there are many accidents either for not paying attention to the rode or driving very fast. There is many people driving over the posted speed limit. They don’t think their driving is dangerous. Death/ serious Injury
Sweet Child O’ Mine No one can say that they have never been in a rush to go somewhere. We all like to be on time and sometimes that results in speeding on the road. When drivers speed, they run the risk of endangering themselves and others. This public service announcement created by Northern Ireland’s DOE Road Safety department depicts the harsh reality of speeding as well as the consequences speeding causes. This ad uses fear to show the very real and horrifying consequences of speeding. The DOE
Speed Limits Jim was leaving work late, and he knew that his wife was at home waiting on him. She had prepared a nice meal for their anniversary and was sitting on the couch all alone. As Jim pulled out of the plant and onto newly paved two-lane highway, he noticed a large white sign with the words “speed limit” and the number “50.” It was a thirty minute drive home, and he could easily make up the time he lost at work if he could just drive as fast as he wanted. For the next half hour, however
Speed Kills The high speed limits are often causes of accidents that cause serious injuries and even death. The speed limit should be lowered so we can control accidents caused by high speed driving, pollution, and the high cost of operation and insurance. First of all it is obvious that a motorist driving over the speed limit has more chances of getting into an accident that a motorist who is traveling at the average speed. One who drives fast does not have proper and that well of a control on the
Young people's first few years on the road will lead to them taking risks and being unsafe on the road for many reasons. Unsafe road behaviour is either breaking the laws when you are on the road or doing something that you are not supposed to be doing while driving, such as eating or texting. Young people on the road is considered to be ages 16-25. These ages are where people get their Learner's and Provisional licenses and are starting to drive. Also P1 drivers under the age of 25 must not drive
The Great North Road is one of the longest and most famous road among the Chaco roads, which was constructed by the Anasazi residents of Chaco Canyon of New Mexico. It played an important role in the Anasazi culture through its unique design and construction patterns. The Great North Road has helped in researches on the Chaco Anasazi, by allowing to better understand the development of the Anasazi people. Marshall and Soffar's theory suggested that the Chaco roads were created as spirits path for
Everywhere in society, it’s simple to find a person speeding down a freeway, see a gum wrapper rolling through the wind, or see someone jaywalking when there are stop lights close by. Frank Trippett, in his excerpt, argues that more and more citizens are breaking small laws such as speeding, littering, and taxes. He continues by claiming social order is disrupted when these laws are broken. He supports his position by explaining how people think violent crime is the only way to disrupt social order
The argument that Forestville should reverse a decision it made six months ago to raise its speed limit by 10MPH due to a 15% rise in accidents because accidents in Elmsford, a neighboring region, declined slightly, is inconclusive. A base line study of traffic pattern disruptions and speed variances in Forestville and Elmsford comparing demographic data, location, rate, and type of accidents for more than six months might determine significant risk factors. Federal studies suggest that accidents
Traffic and Urban Congestion: 1955-1970 In 1960, Great Britain still had no urban freeways. But with the ownership of private cars becoming ever more common, the problem of congestion in British cities was unavoidable. Investigating the possibilities of freeways as alleviators of big-city traffic jams, the government-sponsored Buchanan Report was pessimistic: ... the study shows the very formidable potential build-up of traffic as vehicular ownership and usage increase to the maximum. The accommodation
Speeding Is A Dead End Part of being a human being is learning from our mistakes. It is a natural process that we all experience at various periods of our lives. For instance, throughout the process of learning how to solve mathematics problems, the only method is to practice solving the problems. During this process of solving the problems, it is only natural to make mistakes. By comparison, in life in general, the only way to learn to become a better person is by correcting the
Have you ever sat behind someone stopped at a green light and been tempted to ram them? That's road-rage. Road-rage is becoming an ever-increasing problem in our society. There are several factors that attribute to the growth of road rage. Road construction has increased the daily stress of driving. Rude and inconsiderate drivers don't think before they act. Another cause of the increase in road rage is the incompetence of drivers. Finally those who speed excessively create a dangerous environment
Speed limits have been around since the 1600s. In New York they had got a law issued in 1652 that stated any wagons,carts, and sleighs can't be rode or even be driven at a gallop. Any person that violate faced a penalty that started at 150$ less than today’s standard consequence of breaking the law. By the 1970s,The prices of fuel started to rise to where it cause many states to want to get a speed limit so they wouldn't have to waste a lot of money and get laws to save money and resources in the
Statutory law is a law that is formally written then enacted on. The statute sets on all laws in the state of territory that he is posted to. Posted speed limits are a statute law because they have been written in each state and each state is different. Posted Speed Limits are speed limits that apply when you have no speed limit signs. For example the posted speed limit on Tasmanian roads is 50 km/h and in the Northern Territory the posted speed limit is 60km/h. In most states of Australia the