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split speed limits do increase the danger by causing more lane changes, but the worst part about them is that split speed limits really mess up traffic. say you have a giant line of trucks crusiing along at 55 in the right lane. all the cars are going to be completely filling the left lane doing 65 or 70. now that line of trucks comes up on a school bus doing 50 and they all have to fight with the cars to move over, causing traffic to back up even farther and maybe causing rear end accidents when one car slows down to let a truck in and another car runs into the back of him. <br /> <br />this is especially bad out in California where trucks have a 55 speed limit and cars can do 70. most trucks out there run between 60 and 65 while the cars run around 80-90. lots of tailgating out there and when a truk pulls ut to pass, lots of rear end crashes. <br /> <br /> <br />and one thing about trucks being more dangerous to cars, it's the other way around. several studies have shown that around 80% of fatal car/truck accidents are the fault of the car.
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