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To: Yogizuna who wrote (131761)	7/2/2008 3:43:29 PM
From: Travis_Bickle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

Imo curbing aggressive and traffic-flow impeding driving would do more than enforcing the speed limit, if everyone is going pretty much the same speed it is a lot safer than if a few people are going 20mph higher/lower than the rest of the cars. Trucks have been awful lately because they have been taking 3 miles to get up to speed in order to save fuel, resulting in everyone playing "Let's swerve around the truck!" Also if no one is seriously injured we need to get the lanes cleared faster after a fender bender, the way we do it now costs a lot of totally wasted gasoline.

To: Yogizuna who wrote (131761)	7/2/2008 4:51:38 PM
From: Perspective	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

Extensive public transit and the resulting "professional" drivers would go even farther. What would it cost to save those 40K lives and 100s of thousands of medical bills each year? Don't forget to subtract the fuel, vehicle (how many families really need multiple vehicles?), and infrastructure savings. Quality of life improvements in the form of increased free time and cleaner environment are fringe benefits. No city of any reasonable size should be without a substantial public transit system any more. The free market just can't seem to capture the savings to the system. I suspect true pay-per-mile charges for insurance and infrastructure would help, but the key is hitting a critical mass on the public system that eliminates all the existing time costs associated with public transit. Too many people think that the "cost" of driving is just the price of gasoline. Can't say I blame them, given all the ways we hide the true costs from consumers. `BC