Money for anti-speeding commercials better used to create speeding‑reducing road gaps
Many radio stations are airing National Highway Traffic Safety Administration commercials warning drivers against speeding. The commercials state that speeding by small amounts is dangerous as well as speeding significantly. Ironically speeding by small amounts could be reduced if NHTSA used the money spent on the commercials to fund road improvements which create more gaps in traffic and reduce the need for drivers to exceed the statutory speed limit in order to merge.
I have not received a speeding ticket since the Federal government returned speed limits to the states, and I have only received one speeding ticket since the national 55 mph speed limit was relaxed. In 1993, when non-urban Interstate speed limits of 65 mph were allowed, my rental car was much quieter than the 1970s cars I