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01-09-2021 | Editorial

Kant or Won't?

Author: Robert Unseld

Published in: ATZelectronics worldwide | Issue 9/2021

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Running the risk of alienating myself, I would like to wade into the debate regarding speed limits. The dilemma of the argument for a speed limit of 130 km/h is similar to a smoking ban: One cannot in good conscience be against it, because the upper 50 % of the speed range up to 250 km/h damages the environment more from an energy consumption viewpoint and if things go wrong, there tends to be a higher health risk for oneself and others than in the lower 50 %. To be in favor of a limit and assuming this position is morally far easier to represent. And a small, additional, economic argument: The forest of traffic signs would be reduced, and you wouldn't have to try and remember which speed limit is currently in force: Driving at 130 in a 100 km/h zone results in fewer problems than driving at 250 km/h. …

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Metadata
Title
Kant or Won't?
Author
Robert Unseld
Publication date
01-09-2021
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
Published in
ATZelectronics worldwide / Issue 9/2021
Electronic ISSN: 2524-8804
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s38314-021-0681-0