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Well, that’s the purely driver oriented point of view. Speed limits exist for other reasons, e.g. when going through pedestrian heavy areas. Going above the spe
by eproxus 5y ago
Well, that’s the purely driver oriented point of view. Speed limits exist for other reasons, e.g. when going through pedestrian heavy areas. Going above the speed limit there endangers lives (regardless of if everyone else is doing it or not).
- Dylan16807 5y agoThey said "often". There are no pedestrians on that 60mph road. When it's 35 vs. 40 it's a lot safer to sit at the speed limit. And in a 25 zone there's not really a flow of traffic to worry about.
- Sohcahtoa82 5y agoI could have been more explicit, I suppose. On surface streets, speed limits are usually quite reasonable. In all the streets I drive regularly, I think the limits are good, except for one stretch where it has two lanes in each direction, and so I often want to go 45 mph, but the limit is 35, likely because there are some houses that directly face the street. It's highways that often have unreasonably slow speed limits, at least here in Oregon.