The surprisingly not so doomed effort to force US drivers to stop speeding
The surprisingly not so doomed effort to force US drivers to stop speeding
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The surprisingly not so doomed effort to force US drivers to stop speeding
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Sounds good, but we should also consider how the design of the street can encourage drivers to go faster or slower.
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work a job that requires the work vehicle to not go five over the speed limit and it feels like we are crawling going down any road, highway, or interstate
speed limits should be thrown out the window at this point and are only benefiting police
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Yo, I'm alive because of speed limits.
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and am about dead because of them
not being allowed to go more than five over and everyone else is going ten or more likely over ten miles an hour
coming down hills especially in Tennessee it feels like the people behind me are going to cream me
if there were no speed limits could at least not have that worry
places like South Carolina refuse speed limit cameras stating privacy concerns
without everyone adhering to said speed limits then only the cops are benefiting from them and they become useless
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You could make sane speeding laws and enforce them where it matters.
But we'll get a fat ass sitting on the highway getting someone doing 15 over in low traffic.
But this type of garbage, this is the shit that puts Trump's in office. Nanny state bullshit that serves to piss people off.
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Perhaps I’m unusual but I am only speeding because everyone else disregards the speed limit in my area, and it would put myself and my family at increased risk if I didn’t go with traffic.
I’d much prefer to go slower for the fuel economy.
I rarely check the speed limit. I always go with the flow in order to avoid accidents. It's downright dangerous to drive the speed limit in some highways.
I usually go slightly faster or slower than most everyone else. It ensures i dont do my entire drive stuck in one of the packs that everyone seems to get caught up in. I'd much rather have half a mile of space between me and the next car than go the same speed as everybody else.
This doesn't work in cities, or other states, but i spend my longest drive times going between cities in texas anyways.
I want that extra mpg, but I'm not going to die trying.
I live in a city though, so I really only need to speed if I'm out in the burbs or on the loop.
The ideal speed for best fuel economy really depends on the type of car you drive. Many sports cars get better fuel economy at 75MPH rather than 55MPH.edit: no quality sources to back up claim
Can you provide an example? In all data I can find, even for sports cars, they still have the best mpg at speeds significantly lower than 75mph.
Source?
I'm not sure what roads you're talking about, but if you're on a highway, the answer is just to stick to the right.
I say this, because countless people ignore this part of the rules of the road. The left lane is always for passing.
The rightmost lane on my local highway runs at 10 over the posted speed limit on most days.