Judaism in the Workplace Correspondence
March 2003

Comment from JS:
California raised its speed limit from 55 to 70 mph and fatalities fell to their lowest level since 1961.

Stephen Moore, "The Calamity That Never Occurred," MediaNomics, October 1997, Media Research Center, 113 S. West Street, Second Floor, Alexandria, VA 22314, (703) 683-9733; National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; and Accident Facts, 1997 edition, National Safety Council

Response:
Hello
Thank you for sharing your comment.
You might be interested in the following pages:

http://www.hwysafety.com/hwy_montana_2001.htm
This article contends that in Montana moving from no speed limits to the standard American speed limits actually increased traffic accidents!

http://www.sense.bc.ca/disc/disc-09.htm
about whether moving to the 65 mph speed limit increased, decreased, or did not affect traffic accidents (and why)

http://info.neded.org/stathand/hsect7.htm
about the many many causes for accidents -- indicating that speed limit is only one of the factors in the picture

http://www.consumersunion.org/other/speedlimits/speed031500a3.htm
This is an in-depth study of the correlation between raising traffic speeds and fatal accidents

Hope this is helpful and that governments and drivers are granted the wisdom to do what is needed to reduce traffic accidents.
Be well
Eliezer Kwass
Profesional Ethics and Halakha
Darche Noam Website

From JS
Hello,
Thank you very much for the prompt reaction. I come from the Netherlands and our government uses the speed limits to raise an additional 'tax' with aprox. $1,200,000 on speed tickets per year, all for the cause of 'safety'. Problem is that most people also believe in this propaganda. I can only under scribe your statement that governments and drivers are granted the wisdom to do what is needed to reduce traffic accidents.
With regards,
JS