April 9, 2008.
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June 23, 2009
Driving Assessment 2009
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Rotterdam, The Netherlands
June 27, 2009
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Utrecht, The Netherlands
July 13, 2009
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Phoenix, AZ.
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September 2, 2009
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Honda R&D Americas
Raymond, Ohio
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October 21, 2009
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November 5
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Uncasville, Connecticut
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Austin, TX
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Eero Saarinen Lecture
Friday, March 19
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Delaware Center for Transportation
April 5-7
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Salt Lake City
McMurrin Lectureship
April 19
International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (Organization Management Workshop)
Austin, Texas
Monday, April 26
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Edmonton, Canada
Monday, June 7
Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Wednesday, July 6
Fondo de Prevención Vial
Bogotá, Colombia
Tuesday, August 31
Royal Automobile Club
Perth, Australia
Wednesday, September 1
Australasian Road Safety Conference
Canberra, Australia
Wednesday, September 22
Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s
Traffic Incident Management Enhancement Program
Statewide Conference
Wisconsin Dells, WI
Wednesday, October 20
Rutgers University
Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation
Piscataway, NJ
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Ontario Injury Prevention Resource Centre
Injury Prevention Forum
Toronto
Monday, May 2
Idaho Public Driver Education Conference
Boise, Idaho
Tuesday, June 2, 2011
California Association of Cities
Costa Mesa, California
Sunday, August 21, 2011
American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Attitudes: Iniciativa Social de Audi
Madrid, Spain
April 16, 2012
Institute for Sensible Transport Seminar
Gardens Theatre, QUT
Brisbane, Australia
April 17, 2012
Institute for Sensible Transport Seminar
Centennial Plaza, Sydney
Sydney, Australia
April 19, 2012
Institute for Sensible Transport Seminar
Melbourne Town Hall
Melbourne, Australia
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University of Minnesota City Engineers Association Meeting
Minneapolis, MN
January 31, 2013
Metropolis and Mobile Life
School of Architecture, University of Toronto
February 22, 2013
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March 1, 2013
Australian Road Summit
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June 2nd, 2010 at 7:11 pm
This illustrates a BIG problem with speed limits. This writer is ranting about all those people who were travelling 20-30 odd below the 55MPH speed limit… inches from a plummeting cliff face. Who in their right mind would travel at “thrill seeking” speeds on a road with little to no room for error, just because the magic number on the sign tells them they’re “allowed” to?
That’s not to say someone travelling significantly below an appropriate speed for the road, or the average speed of others shouldn’t pull over occasionally, that should be common courtesy… but with the anonymity provided by an enclosed motor vehicle… what’s the point of being courteous?
I’ve digressed. This driver, I assume a motoring journalist, should have been well aware that 90% of the people on this road would have been sight seeing tourists before he set off. Tourists who were unfamiliar with the road, many travelling on it for the first time. Tourists who were likely to be on it for the scenery, not for the G forces.
Abolish speed limits. Design and build roads so as to encourage appropriate speeds for the area. Bring in automatic, minimum prison terms for any driver who seriously injures or kills another person, after being found guilty of driving too fast for the conditions.
Watch how drastically people slow down on roads such as the Pacific Coast Highway, because suddenly drivers are forced to actually use their brain. Maybe 55 isn’t a good idea on a crowded, winding highway with mere inches of room for error, just because you’re in a sports car?
Also watch how drastically the passive aggressive antics of some drivers who enjoy holding up others on the interstate, sitting in the left lane because they’re doing the speed limit… suddenly disappear.
This belief that the “speed limit” (actual definition, maximum safe speed to be travelled at in good conditions) is the magic number that will keep us all safe, is a dangerous problem… with a speed limit, drivers will sit at that speed (+5), rain, hail, shine, day or night, with the false belief that they’re the best driver on the road, and all others should be following their example.
In our minds, all motor vehicle drivers fall into two categories… First, the idiots. They’re the ones who are travelling too slowly… they’re the ones we catch up to and must pass as soon as we can. Then we have the morons, they catch up to us as we’re driving at a reasonable speed, and for some reason, must always pass us as soon as they can.
I can guarantee everyone, whilst “Jason Cammisa” the writer of this PCH article, was fuming about all the idiots on California 1… all those “idiots” were flabbergasted at the antics of the “moron” in the Porsche.