make it 120mph and im in

'Pay-to-speed' considered in US


A Nevada State mayoral candidate has wooed car-owning voters by proposing a 'speed pass' system that will essentially allow drivers to speed for a fee.
Eugene DiSimone reckons the scheme could raise up to $4m (£2.6m) per day in revenue for state coffers.
DiSimone's proposal involves drivers paying an initial $48 (£31) fee to have their car safety checked and registered to the scheme. Thereafter they will pay $25 (£16) for a 24-hour pass to drive at speeds of up to 90mph on certain roads.
Approved cars are placed on a register so that if an officer catches them speeding, they're simply let go. A transponder given to each driver can be activated whenever the fee is paid via the internet or a phone call, allowing time-limited speeding.
DiSimone is a rank underdog to make office in the next Nevada State elections, but his plan has garnered instant support from motorists.
Talking on Seattle-based KIRO radio, DiSimone defended the proposal, saying that speed and accident rates are not inexorably linked.
He said: "the per capita highway accidents in the '60s and '70s when there were no speed limits is not significantly different to the per capita highway accidents today. It has nothing to do with speed limits."
Of course, the plan has drawn critics from those who believe it will lead to an increase in accident rates. A representative from the state of Washington claimed that "the wide variety of traffic speed in the traffic flow and drivers' abilities to make a decision at a high speed potentially would result in more speed-related accidents."
Mark Nichol

To be honest i agree in principle as long as it is worked scientifically - i.e. higher performance cars doing higher speed, not some bloke with a 'sedan' with knackered brakes who has deep pockets, but bet it would be a complete b*llache in reality!

what about the people who aren't paying more to speed? then you have cars travelling at vastly different speeds/much higher closing speeds etc.

It's similar in a way to Jeremy Clarkson's arguement on topgear a while back that Aston Martin's can stop considerably faster than the highway code's stated braking distances so, if they can stop quicker, why can't they drive faster?

It's nonsense. Pay to steal, pay to murder?

Either the speed limit is wrong, or it is right. If it is wrong then change it for all, if it is right then you shouldn't be able to pay to break the law.

Where is the fun in speeding legally? If you're allowed to do 90mph, you'll only end up doing a ton or more.

Pay to steal? Ok...let me just steal some money to pay for that!

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by davepreston

Of course, the plan has drawn critics from those who believe it will lead to an increase in accident rates. A representative from the state of Washington claimed that "the wide variety of traffic speed in the traffic flow and drivers' abilities to make a decision at a high speed potentially would result in more speed-related accidents."

Of course he's right, if everyone's doing 100mph on a segregated highway it's no more dangerous than everyone doing 55mph until something goes wrong and they all have to stop...

When you have some people overtaking others with a 30, 40, 50... mph speed differential you will have problems. Germany can do it because their Autobahn drivers are used to expecting drivers doing twice their speed, in other countries this would almost certainly lead to an increase in accidents and, due to the higher speeds involved, injuries and deaths...

Silly idea tbh

to be fair i like that idea, id like someone who has a car thats up to the job doing 90mph and has the driving ability to do so, rather than them rasing the speed limit in general and having grannies doing 90 in their nissan micras arround me....... id say the majority of them dont even know what day it is or where they are.....

Originally Posted by simesb

It's nonsense. Pay to steal, pay to murder?

Either the speed limit is wrong, or it is right. If it is wrong then change it for all, if it is right then you shouldn't be able to pay to break the law.

+1 what a load of nonsense!