In Charlotte, we tend to have about 1/3 of the drivers who go to slow instead. There are places on both the highway and in town where drivers reguarly go 5-10mph slower than the speedlimit. I try to drive exactly at the spee limit 99% of the time, and it's frustrating dealing with psycho who want to go 100, as well as people who want to go 30.
So if the price of (pick your favorite food) were set artificially low you would pay more for it?
Really? So if one were travelling from WA to FL going 3500 mph on the interstate he would be very unlikely to have an accident because he would only be on the road for a couple of hours?
One of the problems that I see with raising the speed limits in the US is (from my limitied experience some 14 years ago in KY) the lack of (serious) driving school and how easy it is to obtain a license.
The second would be the (afaik) lack of mandatory regular technical inspection of the vehicles.
Maybe you do have that (in some states perhaps) - but I am not aware that it is a general requirement - here you have to go and get such a technical inspection (which covers basically all safety aspects of a vehicle - such as brakes, tires, suspension, structural integrity etc. as well as a tight regulation on parts (rims, steering wheels, lights, etc.)) every two years for about any road going vehicle.
And finally the third: I might be wrong again but I think there is no special speed limit and mandatory resting periods for trucks. Here trucks have a speed limit of 50mph and the times a drive may drive continuously is also regulated. After a certain amount of driving a certain period of rest is required. Driving times as well as speed are recorded at all times. This I think is extremely important for general safety.
The second would be the (afaik) lack of mandatory regular technical inspection of the vehicles.
Maybe you do have that (in some states perhaps) - but I am not aware that it is a general requirement - here you have to go and get such a technical inspection (which covers basically all safety aspects of a vehicle - such as brakes, tires, suspension, structural integrity etc. as well as a tight regulation on parts (rims, steering wheels, lights, etc.)) every two years for about any road going vehicle.
And finally the third: I might be wrong again but I think there is no special speed limit and mandatory resting periods for trucks. Here trucks have a speed limit of 50mph and the times a drive may drive continuously is also regulated. After a certain amount of driving a certain period of rest is required. Driving times as well as speed are recorded at all times. This I think is extremely important for general safety.
As long as their is stubborness to properly address accurate speedlimits, people will always be speeding, and cops will always turn somewhat of a blind eye to it. Deal with it and get in the friggen right lane.
DivideBYZero
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Originally posted by: Insane3D
STFU and pick up the pace gramps!
QFT-If you don't like my driving pull over into the SLOW lane and I'll soon be by....
You're an idiot. Get shi*ty like that with a guy after you hit his kid, and you'll be lucky if you make it to the hospital alive.
Residential areas are 25 for a reason. You need to be able to make quick decisions regardless of your own personal assessment of others' parenting skills. You might be cavailier about it now, but paint some kid across the street and we'll see if you really thought that extra 5 - 10 MPH was worth it. You get to live with the fact that you killed a child, AND you get to spend the rest of your life looking over your shoulder, 'cause Daddy just might hunt you down like the dog you are.
I pretty much ignore speed limits anyway. I go as fast as its safe too (and sometimes slower... like I could be doing 105 safley, but I'm doing 85 or 90 instead in the 65 because I feel like it) unless there are cops in the area.
Eh it depends on where you drive and what you drive.
I never had a problem with tickets until I purchased this bright red (when washed) car, even though it's a Civic. I drove the same as normal, but was stopped maybe 4-5 times in a little over a year? I now make it a point to drive the limit or maybe a few mph over if on the highway. My next car will probably be a bland one just to avoid being harassed.
Plus, at least where I live here in NJ, cops are ticketing people left and right on local roads for the smallest thing. I got a careless driving ticket because a cop thought I was going fast, but he only got me on radar for doing 2-3 miles over. I'm going to court next week for that, and will likely be out another $400-$500 if the prosecutor agrees to lower the severity.
I never had a problem with tickets until I purchased this bright red (when washed) car, even though it's a Civic. I drove the same as normal, but was stopped maybe 4-5 times in a little over a year? I now make it a point to drive the limit or maybe a few mph over if on the highway. My next car will probably be a bland one just to avoid being harassed.
Plus, at least where I live here in NJ, cops are ticketing people left and right on local roads for the smallest thing. I got a careless driving ticket because a cop thought I was going fast, but he only got me on radar for doing 2-3 miles over. I'm going to court next week for that, and will likely be out another $400-$500 if the prosecutor agrees to lower the severity.
Zenmervolt
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People will naturally gravitate towards the speed at which they are comfortable. This speed is typically higher than today's speed limits. Back in the 50's, the speed limit was 65 on two-lanes (55 at night) and 70 on interstates. The Interstates were designed for 80mph and were initially supposed to be set at 80mph sometime during the late 1960's.
I do not think that it is unreasonable to assume that I am safer in my modern car (air bags, crumple zones, seat belts) at 80 than people were in a '57 Chevy going 70. Speed limits on the highways are not set for safety, they are set for revenue.
I do not speed, ever, in residential areas.
ZV
I do not think that it is unreasonable to assume that I am safer in my modern car (air bags, crumple zones, seat belts) at 80 than people were in a '57 Chevy going 70. Speed limits on the highways are not set for safety, they are set for revenue.
I do not speed, ever, in residential areas.
ZV
It's the same here in the US. Many of the interstates have posted speed limits for large trucks that are lower than for other vehicles. There are also laws that mandate rest periods after driving for a certain length of time.
How did I know that all the awesome drivers on ATOT would come out to remind us how skilled they are? :roll:
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