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Absolutely not. Garbage laws deserve no respect. Society routinely violates speed limits, copyrights, and so forth, to the benefit of all.
by Karunamon 6y ago
Absolutely not. Garbage laws deserve no respect. Society routinely violates speed limits, copyrights, and so forth, to the benefit of all.
- FireBeyond 6y agoTell us about the widespread societal benefits of violating speed limits.
- duskwuff 6y agoAll I can think of now is: > drunk driving may kill a lot of people, but it also helps a lot of people get to work on time, so, it;s impossible to say if its bad or not, -- https://twitter.com/dril/status/464802196060917762 https://twitter.com/dril/status/464802196060917762
- lonelappde 6y agoLess wasted time and lower pollution.
- duskwuff 6y agoFuel efficiency of most cars drops precipitiously at higher speeds. You're generating more pollution by speeding, not less.
- CamperBob2 6y agoMaybe in 1974. My car does about the same at 80 MPH as it does at 65 MPH, as counterintuitive as that seems.
- dpoochieni 6y agoIt helps keep people from driving too complacently and unattentively.
- sjwright 6y agoWhile it is fallacy of herd mentality, the safest speed nonetheless tends to be the speed of the other vehicles around you. Speed deltas are the real danger—not failure to adhere to a specific, oft-arbitrary number.
- CamperBob2 6y agoIf people hadn't violated the 55 MPH NMSL frequently and flagrantly, we'd still be stuck with it. Setting speed limits based on political goals rather than engineering principles costs lives.