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All you've done is to make an argument for speed governors. If the speed limit is 60mph, but everyone is going 75mph, then the point of "automated self-driving
by mikestew 5y ago
All you've done is to make an argument for speed governors. If the speed limit is 60mph, but everyone is going 75mph, then the point of "automated self-driving can't come fast enough, humans can't be trusted to pilot automobiles!" is self-evident. Argue all day if you like about whether the number on the sign is wrong, but that discussion belongs elsewhere.
- Sohcahtoa82 5y agoA fair point. Indeed, I think speed limits on freeways are too low, but that's another discussion.
- mikestew 5y agoI see from another comment that you’re in OR. That explains why you think freeway limits are too low. :-) (The joke here is that OR’s speed limit on highways is typically 10mph below that of other PNW states, even in the “least populated county in the U. S.)
- seanmcdirmid 5y agoHaving driven a lot in central and eastern OR, the roads are a bit winding, and even on the interstate going through the blue mountains can be a bit seat of the pants. They probably just never saw the roads safe enough to raise the speed limit.