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
Should Highway Speed Limits Be Increased? Should highway speed limits be increased? Should we strike down every sign that the government posts and uses to regulate the speed limit on the thousands of highways around the country? Should we trust the driving ability of each and every person to drive within a reasonably safe speed? The response that most people lean toward is one of negativity. People automatically assume that the speeds presently posted on our highways are there only for our own protection
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 a tu quoque, but it does challenge nonconsequentialists to adequately justify a multitude of social
the death of Ian Huffman and the attempted homicide of Olivia Duty. Prosecutors allege “Mr. Johnson was driving his personal vehicle as fast as 98 mph on State Rt. 19 on his way to the fire station in Oak Harbor just seconds before he crashed into the rear of Ms. Duty's car at Portage River South Road” (Feehan, 2012, para. 6). The posted speed limit on Portage River South Road was 55 mph at the time of the accident (Curt, 2012). The defense alleges that Firefighter Johnson was using his lights and sirens
and pollution has grown exponentially because of drivers travelling at high speeds on roads (Hartman). To conserve fuel and save lives, the fifty-five (55) miles per hour national speed limit should be restored. Driving at 55 miles per hour or less conserves fuel. Billions of barrels of oil and gas are used up each year so that Americans can drive at high speeds across the country. Unfortunately, with high speeds comes high expenditures of fuel. Someone driving at 70 miles per hour uses much
signals, speed bumps, rumble strips and other traffic control features. Even though opponents say this would cause complete anarchy on the road, traffic laws and control devices should be removed. Eradicating laws leads to safer driving habits and removing control devices and excessive signage increases the attention of drivers. The elimination of traffic regulations causes drivers to think for themselves and pay attention to the road rather than the laws of the road. Without set speed limits, motorists
Raising Speed Limits Anyone who has ever driven an automobile has dealt with mirroring the posted speed to their car’s odometer. Trying to actual do the speed limit can be a nuisance when the majority of drivers favor going a little extra. I have had driving experience in New Jersey, Virginia, and Florida. I can tell you that New Jersey has been the worst due to the amount of aggression and being pressed for time. The debate of whether to raise or lower the speed limit seems to speed to no
1974 The United States passed the Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act, during 1970’s oil crisis. One of the many provisions passed was the National maximum speed law of 55 mph in order to save fuel. While this sounded good on paper, it ultimately failed by cutting back fuel consumption by only 1%. Since 1994, when it was fully lifted there has been a raging debate over whether we should really raise speed limits. Many tests since the mid 90’s have evaluated both sides, such as Speed limit increases
It's Time to Abolish Speed Limits It is 8:45 and Paul has just gotten on the interstate to make his normal commute to Longview from Tyler. About halfway there, Paul notices a state trooper right behind him. He frantically checks his speed! Too late!!!!!! The state trooper turns on his lights. Not only was Paul speeding, but now he will be late to a very important meeting at work. The problem here is that Paul was just driving to work. He was not intentionally speeding just to get away with
Information Administration. In 2010 the United States consumption rate of petroleum was 19.15 million barrels per day, accounting for 22% of the world's petroleum usage. Climate change and health related problems caused by CO2 emissions can be greatly curtailed by a change in our transportation habits. With the world's resources being rapidly depleted by over consumption; is it a depleted world our children will become heir to? Lowering the national speed limit to 55 mph has many benefits, foremost
Speed cameras seem to be a common occurrence nowadays. On your way to work, school, or just out and about, you’re sure to see a “Photo Enforced” sign somewhere along the way. These things seem to be everywhere, but are they effective in what they’re put in place to accomplish? What are they there to accomplish, one may ask? Some say to make roadways safer by curbing speeders with moderate fines while others think it’s purely a revenue generator for the local and state governments. A fine of $100
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 polizei and speed cameras integrated into the guard rail or surroundings. German drivers receive up to two
Every person who has gets behind the wheel of a motor vehicle will be involved in some sort of automobile collision at some point in his or her lifetime. Traffic accidents account for over twenty thousand deaths each year and more than ten times as many injuries. There are a number of factors that contribute to these types of collisions, however, new and evolving laws can account for a large portion of successful preventable measures. In order for laws to be changed or added for the purpose of safer
County of Sacramento v. Estate of Phillip Lewis High-speed pursuits by police officers have been debated as to whether they are beyond the limits by putting people in unnecessary danger or if they are justifiable in every aspect. In the case of the County of Sacramento v. the Estate of Phillip Lewis a high-speed pursuit ended in the death of one of the fleeing suspects. Parents of Phillip Lewis brought claims against the county, sheriff’s department and the deputy involved, saying that the actions
he wanted to be remembered for his contributions to aviation, not his mental illness. Its obvious that even though Howard Hughes held many land speed records and once flew around the world, Howard Hughes mental illness stopped him from becoming the most famous aviator of the early 20th century. Howard Hughes mental illness had him pushing aircraft limits, sometimes to the point of crashing them. His mental illness, specifically obsessive compulsive disorder
by law enforcement a legitimate concern in the African immigrant population? From the moment I landed in the United States from Nigeria, my identity was formed by the African-American experience. This is an identity that follows me where ever I go, and it gives a false pretense about who I truly am. Due to all that has been happening with the racist views on black people in the United States, I have gone through some difficult experiences with law enforcement, which makes me question the safety of
even say that you know every crack and pebble on the road. Cruising the speed limit or maybe even a bit higher than normal speed. You looked at the time and realize you have only five minutes to get to work. Oh no, you’re panicking and looking at traffic to see how you can get to work faster. What are you going to do? You’re most likely going to speed up, but the other cars aren’t going fast enough or are barely at the speed limit. You have no other choice but to get right behind the car in front and
I firmly agree with the state law prohibiting the use of hand-held cellular devices while driving a motor vehicle. There are many dangers on the road already, such as animals and drunk drivers. Operating a motor vehicle while using a cellular device would only add another problem and increase the already large number of teenage deaths by motor vehicle. The first problem that would be posed is that hand-held devices cause what is known as distracted driving. We all know distracted driving, it
am going to highlight the differences between U.S and Egypt in terms of: driver 's behaviors, police reaction and road maintenance. In Egypt, the drivers ' behavior differ from U.S in terms of speed limits, road signs ' obedience and the dealing with pedestrians. There is neither respect for the speed limits in highway nor in Interior Street. They are always in a hurry and passing another car from the right side is very normal. They rarely make use of converting signals from lane to another. For example
protect us. There are speed limits placed for a reason, to protect drivers. Officers monitor different areas that have a history of people speeding through and will ticket those people that are speeding while leaving those who do not speed alone. After getting my driver’s license in November and a ticket in May, I found a way to avoid losing points off my license and learned to never speeding again. I was a careful driver with my parents in the passenger seat. I followed the speed limit and obeyed all