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A prevailing flow of traffic moving at 80 mph in the San Diego metro is common in the faster lanes of some highways. But triple digits, like you report in Texa
by rectang 5y ago
A prevailing flow of traffic moving at 80 mph in the San Diego metro is common in the faster lanes of some highways. But triple digits, like you report in Texas, that I haven't seen.
There are surely a few drivers zipping around at 90-100+, but they're the dangerous ones who are going outside the prevailing flow of traffic. I suspect that the cops make a priority of pulling over such drivers, although I can only speculate about the likelihood of getting busted.
- jcims 5y agoThe thing that scared me about San Diego were the lane-to-lane differentials in speed. You'll have an exit lane stopped and people ripping along at 80mph just a few feet away. The high speeds in Texas were in the long connectors between metro areas. It's so flat out there that honestly it never felt 'dangerous', it's just that a greater percentage of run-of-the-mill mishaps will result in death. You couldn't do that in SoCal, too much terrain. Look at this chunk of 35 between Waco and Austin https://www.google.com/maps/@31.2560539,-97.2756464,3a,75y,36.94h,89.5t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1szhqg1W_FipdzNqX1sfTKIw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3Dzhqg1W_FipdzNqX1sfTKIw%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D283.07224%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192 https://www.google.com/maps/@31.2560539,-97.2756464,3a,75y,3... hammer down.