From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   >On Monday, June 9, 2014 11:33:46 AM UTC-4, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
      
   >>The issue I'm raising is that roadway design should dictate speed,   
   >>not speed limit signs. If you want 45 mph travel, don't build 12 foot   
   >>wide lanes and curves with generous radii.   
      
   >The point is that roadway design does not dictate speed, that is, on a   
   >lousy dangerous road, people will still speed, even if it means high   
   >fatalities.   
      
   10 foot wide lanes isn't lousy road design.   
      
   >The Interboro Pky in NYC is a particularly lousy road with narrow lanes   
   >and very sharp curves.  None the less, drivers go far too fast on it and   
   >crash, despite numerous speed control efforts.   
      
   >Motorists think (1) they're a far more skilled and safe driver than they   
   >actually are, and (2) their right to drive like a maniac, with priority   
   >over all other motorists, is a mandate from Heaven, and they drive   
   >accordingly.   
      
   I have no problem with bad drivers killing themselves. There's just no   
   perfect solution to keep them from killing other people.   
      
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