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  • over_clox@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•Why are we so weird about speed limits (US)?
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    28 days ago

    Oh my, well awesome for you and your area that the roads aren’t terribly cluttered with signs, that’s cool 👍

    But hey, try going anywhere near school zones in Louisiana, they got special signs with basically microprint that’s impossible to read, that basically says something like (I forget their exact schedule, I don’t live in Louisiana)…

    • School Zone
    • Road Closed:
    • 7:30am-9am
    • 3:30pm-5pm

    Again disclaimer, I forget their exact schedule, but still that’s too many microprint numbers to even read while driving.

    That Road Closed part is in such microprint, that as a driver you can’t even read the fucking signs unless you’re on foot or bicycle, or using binoculars to read in advance…

  • over_clox@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•Why are we so weird about speed limits (US)?
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    28 days ago

    Why yes, I totally agree. But when the roads are black/gray/white, most of the cars are black/gray/white, and the speed limit signs are black/white, well grayscale blends altogether, while your only practical color focuses are on red/yellow/green.

    Tell ya what, if they made speed limit signs with a hot pink background, and only exclusively speed limit signs, then I bet people would notice and pay attention much more rapidly.

    US 49 & Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Gulfport, MS 39501

    ^ Go ahead and look that intersection up on Google Maps/Earth and follow that intersection North on Street View, and tell me that shit ain’t ridiculously cluttered with information overload…

    Edit: Follow that route on Google Street View, tell me how many speed limit signs there are from that intersection to Interstate 10…

    Only one, like ~2-3 miles after said intersection, just before the I10 onramp heading east. So the whole time for miles, you don’t even know the speed limit.

  • over_clox@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•Why are we so weird about speed limits (US)?
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    28 days ago

    Ignoring largely empty stretches or highways where there’s practically no signs, have you seen how many signs are out there on heavily occupied highways?

    We’re just coming out of Gulfport Mississippi, Highway 49 (don’t worry I’m riding passenger, not driving), and it’s pure information overload. When you’re surrounded by like 500 signs, McDonald’s, Circle K, RaceTrac, Shell, Chevron, this and that doctor’s office, etc, and you’re only looking for the BIG signs to see what exit to take, well its all too easy to miss the random speed limit sign that they don’t even post but once every 3 miles or so.

    When surrounded by signage information overload, while you’re supposed to be keeping your eyes on the road, you simply cannot read every damn sign. You mostly keep your eyes on the road and follow whatever the pace of traffic is, only glancing up and around for the green signs with road names and highway/interstate directions.

    The rule of thumb I’ve learned, is that no matter the posted speed limit, as long as you’re driving safely about the pace of traffic, and aren’t the idiot darting through 20mph faster than everyone else, then the cops generally aren’t gonna mess with you.

    School zones are definitely an exception, you better be going 15mph along with everyone else, and of course following the directions of the traffic guards and bus stop signals when to stop.

    TL;DR - Too much information, cannot read all signs and keep eyes on the road simultaneously.