Read the following scenario. A suburban community is growing at a rapid rate. The streets that once were rarely travelled have numerous
cars, school busses and delivery trucks zooming down them daily. There are few stop signs at the
intersections and the speed limits are 35 miles per hour. Many parents feel that the combination of speed
and lack of stop signs is dangerous to children and pets. A community group approaches city officials and
proposes decreasing the speed limit from 35 miles per hibur to 25 miles per hour.
Which of the following is the biggest advantage of this scenario?
Lowering the speed limit is easier and more cost effective than adding stop signs at intersections.
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People obey speed limit laws more than stop signs because they are more likely to get pulled over for speeding than running a stop
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A stop sign does not effectively slow someone down if they are speeding,
Lowering the speed limit creates a uniform slowing of traffic in all neighborhoods, not just neighborhoods that have stop signs.