Different speed limits for drivers of different abilities?

Sill boy.....you just don't understand how it works do you?

This is how the game works:-

Two children get knocked down and killed, whilst crossing the road, by a fifteen-year-old hit and run driver, driving a stolen car at 60 mph in a housing-estate.

The newspapers report the event, "Two children dead after high-speed hit-and-run accident."

A TV crew is dispatched, and they show pictures of the road and the bunches of flowers hung on the nearest lamp-post, then interview some old bloke who lives in the nearest house, who says, "It's ridiculous. This road is like a race-track."

In the background are a small group of concerned residents, carrying banners which read, "Speed kills" or "Why no speed-cameras" or "How many more must die?"

Then we get a council "Safety Officer," who talks about enforcing speed-limits (thus passing the buck to the police), and promises "safety measures" such as speed-humps and warning-signs.

The safety-officer and half the loacl council, then raise the matter with the police, who are then forced into the position of having to be seen to do something....anything. They send out a patrol-car and a traffic-policeman with a hand-held speed-gun.

The following month, the newspapers report, "104 drivers prosecuted for speeding at fatal-accident site."

A police spokesman then says, "Speeding is the biggest cause of fatal accidents."

At this point, everyone has had the chance to air their feelings, wave banners, protest, complain and get the officials and police involved in what is a fairly futile exercise, because no-one has addressed the problem.....the specific problem....of a child stealing a car because he wanted a bit of excitement when he was pilled up on amphetamines, and drove without insurance or a licence because he was underage.

OK, they may find the kid and lock him up, but he has friends and a twin brother who are equally out of control.

NOTHING HAS BEEN ACHIEVED, EVERYONE KEEPS THEIR JOBS AND THE SAME THING COULD HAPPEN AGAIN AT ANYTIME.

"Speed Kills" campaigns are little more than a PR exercise, and speed cameras (except near schools and busy shopping areas) achieve absolutely nothing.

The newspapers then read, "Safety crackdown at death site."

Peace restored....job done.

DRIVER ABILITY AND COMMON SENSE PLAY NO PART IN THE GAME AT ALL., AND SPEED IS THE SCAPEGOAT FOR ALL PROBLEMS.

This would be a good idea in a perfect world where everyone obeyed the law without question.

Unfortunately, this is not a perfect world. This would be another one of those laws that would be on the books but not enforced. Laws such as not wearing bicycle helmets or loitering in public places, seat belts etc,etc,etc.

As for having a new driver drive a slow car: Who are you trying to fool? Never would happen. It is bad enough when we have drivers who are supposed to have lost their drivers' license forever driving and not caring what is said or done. Another rule you can not enforce.

Different speed limits for different level of drivers? Can you just see two people at a red light with two levels of drivers license with one of them laughing at the other because he has to go slower? And you think we have road rage now? This would cause more problems and of course not be enforceable.

So as you see, although this may work in a country like China where little human rights are had, in the US these rules just would not fly. Nice thought though.

No. Maybe if there were "Advanced Driver Only" roads that would be ok (say like Silverstone). Driving speed limits are set for us ALL to follow regardless of how good we feel we are.

Advanced driving should be a positive thing for insurance costs though.

Believe it or not, there are already roads made for people with "higher" abilities. They are called raceways/dragways. The problem with your idea is that you can be the best driver in the world, but when that toddler runs out in front of you, it doesn't matter how skilled you are, you have to ask yourself, "Can I avoid hitting this child?" That is why there are raceways/dragways. Be responsible, race there, not on the street.

Honestly that's the dumbest thing i've ever heard. Speed limits are set for *safety* reasons. In your scenerio, you'd have someone in a VW Beetle driving 30 mph next to some idiot who happened to pass a test, in a Ferrari attempting to go 80. <shaking head>

no that will never work i know one thing in a couple of months the new cars are goen to be fitted with black boxs like those one the airroplanes and the police can tell when you are speeding and were you are on your journy so soon you wont be able to argue the fact that you werent speeden because they will know the truth

As I crash into the rear of a lower level driver my thoughts would probably be "bad idea"

different speed limits for different drivers would cause mayhem on the roads

How would you police it? Would certainly not work with speed cameras - good idea!!

I like it!

Just like a bike test.