Listen to this "Talk of the Nation" episode on the psychology of speeding.
Speeding is responsible for an incredible number of deaths in the United States. However, nothing serious is being done about it, even thought the solution is really simple.
The program focused on how to get people not to speed. I say, why not make cars that can't speed? Is there a reason for any car to be able to go over 75 miles per hour? And wouldn't it be cost effective to put "tags" in roads that signal to cars how fast they can go?
The fact that we are still thinking of psychological fixes means we aren't serious. We are still hypnotized by the myth that our highways are some sort of racing frontier.
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