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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Enforcement is a pretty inefficient way to make things safer and also can be racist.

Building the roads so that people drive at safer speeds is far more effective.  That can mean things like narrower lanes.

If you've ever driven on a wide straight lane with few stop lights, you naturally go faster.  I just drove on a country back road that had a 60 mph limit, but I was at my limit around 40 mph for most of it because it was narrow and didn't have a safe shoulder to provide margin.[/quote]

There needs to be enforcement too. You can NOT deny that.

Whether that is police pulling people over, booting cars for x number of infractions, accruing license points or revoking licenses, preventing registration renewal, etc. If you think it's only road design, please drive through some DC neighborhoods where there are ALL the safety things and people still drive egregiously, deliberately run stop signs, red lights, speed, without a care in the world. you look up their license plate and they have $5k unpaid tickets, [b]but are from Maryland so we shrug[/b]? 
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Why would you assume they're from Maryland? Racist dog whistle alert.[/quote]

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