Keep in mind the NTSB is just for investigation of accidents, and making recommendations on how to reduce those accidents.
Very specifically, that is their job.
They’re responsible for suggesting things like:
Graduated drivers license laws for young drivers
age-21 drinking laws, smart airbag technology
center high-mounted stop lights
commercial drivers licenses
improved school bus construction standards
And about 70% of their recommendations do become regulations.
It’s VERY hard to argue that hard-coded speed limits are a bad thing. Personally, I’m an N+10 speed limit kinda guy, but I can still admit that having a car stop you from speeding is probably a good thing in most cases. They’re not writing these for me, they’re writing them for 20-year-old me.
Most every argument against it is: “I was doing something bad, and wanted to do something worse, and that maybe could cause an accident!”
Keep in mind the NTSB is just for investigation of accidents, and making recommendations on how to reduce those accidents.
Very specifically, that is their job.
They’re responsible for suggesting things like:
And about 70% of their recommendations do become regulations.
It’s VERY hard to argue that hard-coded speed limits are a bad thing. Personally, I’m an N+10 speed limit kinda guy, but I can still admit that having a car stop you from speeding is probably a good thing in most cases. They’re not writing these for me, they’re writing them for 20-year-old me.
Most every argument against it is: “I was doing something bad, and wanted to do something worse, and that maybe could cause an accident!”