zzdcar
Home
/
Reviews
/
Culture
/
The 'Speed Kills Myth' Guy Isn't Done Yet
The 'Speed Kills Myth' Guy Isn't Done Yet-July 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:12:51

Image for article titled The 'Speed Kills Myth' Guy Isn't Done Yet

It was his absolute, utter consternation with some speed limits in British Columbia inspired Chris Thompson, a video producer, to make a remarkably convincing video on the subject that . Now, Thompson’s back with a sequel. He’s still mad! And he’s not here for any of the nonsense.

The debate over the speed limits on British Columbia highways has raged for years, and Thompson’s original video to study the matter and raise speed limits on some rural roads. Some of the speed limits have since been rolled back.

There has also been a slew of arguing that the rise in speed limits has actually been to blame for an increase in highway deaths, which Thompson debunks in the new vid. The weather, to give one alternate explanation, hasn’t helped.

Thompson, formerly a lawyer, also outlines in the new video all the ways stats can be used and misused to frame the argument. The basic premise of Thompson’s first video was that high speed limits don’t kill so much as poor driver behavior and poorly-designed traffic flow. Ideally, the speed limit on non-urban roads should be set somewhere around the speed the majority of drivers are already traveling since crashes tend to occur more often if some drivers are observing the speed limit but the majority of them are not.

The fact that this debate is raging anywhere at all in 2019 strikes me as almost impossibly quaint. I want to one day live in a world where people get charged up about infrastructure and . That seems nice.

Comments
Welcome to zzdcar comments! Please keep conversations courteous and on-topic. To fosterproductive and respectful conversations, you may see comments from our Community Managers.
Sign up to post
Sort by
Show More Comments
Culture
Are People Freaking Out About Gas In Your City?
Are People Freaking Out About Gas In Your City?
You may have heard about this by now: People are . They’re lining up at pumps and blocking intersections and clogging our roadways. I can’t even get near the station to buy a damn breakfast taco. I roll my window down and ask if I can cut through the...
Jul 18, 2025
Toyota Is Raking It In
Toyota Is Raking It In
The rebounding economy is not affecting everyone evenly, and we’re seeing real winners (and losers) emerge. All that and more in for May 12, 2021. Toyota’s net income more than doubled in the most recent quarter to $7 billion, with profit margin up a more reasonable nine percent, as...
Jul 18, 2025
Mitsubishi Will Revive Ralliart And Maybe Try To Be Fun Again
Mitsubishi Will Revive Ralliart And Maybe Try To Be Fun Again
It’s been a little more than a decade since Mitsubishi has done anything with the name. At one time, the familiar black, red and gold logo was everywhere — on its world rally team, obviously the Lancer Evolution and even a hotted-up Eclipse concept that never made production. Ralliart...
Jul 18, 2025
Finally, A Company Can Make Your Brand New Land Rover Defender All Rusty
Finally, A Company Can Make Your Brand New Land Rover Defender All Rusty
Are you in the market for a but have been hesitant because it doesn’t really look like a shitbox that’s been neglected under a moist tarp and only driven in brutal Michigan winters? Of course you have, and before today, all I could offer you was my condolences. Today...
Jul 18, 2025
Here's All 185 Inches Of The Stunning Genesis G70 Shooting Brake
Here's All 185 Inches Of The Stunning Genesis G70 Shooting Brake
Genesis teased the world with a hot shooting brake version of its compact luxury sedan, and then it broke all of our hearts by confirming the model was headed straight to Europe. You can wash the pain away now with the fully-revealed car, which looks just as good as...
Jul 18, 2025
As One Pipeline Struggles To Reopen, Another Defies Order To Shutdown
As One Pipeline Struggles To Reopen, Another Defies Order To Shutdown
Enbridge Energy, the Canadian company that , is also battling Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer over the aging Line 5, which runs right under the Straights of Mackinac between Lake Huron and Lake Michigan. Enbridge Mainline System operates one of the largest pipeline systems in the world with 3,000 miles...
Jul 18, 2025
Copyright 2023-2025 - www.zzdcar.com All Rights Reserved