Comments on: Tragedy of the Commons: PCH Edition

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 06:59:53 +0000

You don’t need to be a discourse analyst to see that to this guy ’speed limit’ means ‘ideal speed’. Pretty disgraceful from a supposedly responsible and knowledgeable auto journalist.

Agree with Brent and Dbratland: congestion is an efficient enforcer of speed limits. It also nudges drivers onto other viable transport modes.

Here in Seoul over the past year the city government has been narrowing a number of inner city streets, creating more traffic in order to create less traffic. It’s the sensible opposite of building more roads only to induce more traffic.

By: Dbratland

Dbratland — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 22:57:07 +0000

When I lived in Germany, I found out the authobahn to be like that in most places: in theory you could go any speed. In reality the only time traffic was clear enough to go fast was in the wee hours before dawn.

By: Josh R

Josh R — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:28:26 +0000

I often refer to people who tailgate and pass unsafely on county roads as “Trying to chase down all those car commercials.”

“If I can just get past this slowpoke, I’ll be in the clear!”

“OK, if I can get past THIS guy I’m in the clear”

“This one for sure, open road here I come…”

By: Paul Souders

Paul Souders — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:48:46 +0000

This would make an AWESOME bike ride. Passing Porsches stuck behind RVs would be icing on the cake.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:53:34 +0000

Good thing he had a radar detector.

By: Brent

Brent — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:33:33 +0000

I love how congestion enforces speed limits better than the police. I’m sure the man would have speeded the whole way down had the road been clear. I know the temptation, I’ve driven it too many times.

By: Dave in KY

Dave in KY — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:47:35 +0000

Recreational motorist doesn’t approve of the way other recreational motorists motor. News at 11.