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There are valid reasons for exceeding the speed limit
by kurupt213 4y ago
There are valid reasons for exceeding the speed limit
- jtonz 4y agoA _vast_ majority of exceeding the speed limit is not done for valid reasons.
- dietr1ch 4y agoThat might be right, but suddenly enforcing a limit when overtaking can easily cause an accident. And speeding might not be that bad, many of them seem outdated or plain wrong, to the point where it's safe to go 10-20km/h faster, and in some places ridiculous not to go faster.
- post_break 4y agoCome to Houston. You better be speeding on the highway or you're in danger. When everyone is speeding, and you're doing 60mph, you're a danger to yourself and everyone around you.
- WesolyKubeczek 4y agoThat’s one reason I’m avoiding your shithole of a country.
- post_break 4y agoWay to add discord to the discussion.
- joebob42 4y agoI'd argue that it's almost never correct to drive the speed limit. In the US at least they are almost universally slower than the natural speed of the road by 5-10 mph and everyone speeds a bit all the time.
- recursive 4y agoBut if new cars were incapable of exceeding the limit, that wouldn't be true for long.
- judge2020 4y agoThere are still tons of cars from the 90's and early 2000's on the road (in particular the '01 Camry), it'll be at least 20-30 years and anyone with a new car being limited is just going to be harassed for driving way too slow relative to traffic.
- joebob42 4y agoAnd even once this is over, I think it's pretty often the speed limits and not the people driving over them that are in the wrong. I don't think slowing everyone down is a useful goal unless we adjust the limits up first.
- joebob42 4y agoI agree, but I don't think that would be a good thing. I suppose if the end result was that speed limits got adjusted up 5-10 mph to match the speed of the road it would be fine. I doubt this would happen in general, and I know it wouldn't happen universally.
- stefan_ 4y agoThings must be crashing and burning over there in California with all the driverless cars. Or you know, cars will just go the speed limit, 10 years from now and you won't even remember your brain simulated a shitty PID controller to hit some speed number subject to your irrational whims.
- akomtu 4y agoThey won't. The rich won't let you dictate how fast they can go, so ferraris will be exempt. The upper classes will 'illegaly' turn off the limiter on their teslas 250d, but no sane sheriff will dare to enforce the law here. Middle class will be loosely complaint, the same way they observe the speed limit laws today. Only the lower classes will have no choice but to drive the 'chopper cars'.
- WesolyKubeczek 4y agoName two
- calvinmorrison 4y ago1. it's fun 2. also speed limits are stupid
- alatkins 4y agoSafety when overtaking. Wife in labor.
- amf12 4y agoPassing a slow car (driving below the limit) on two lane undivided highway. You could pass them at the speed limit, but its safer to just speed up while passing the car and then reduce your speed when you are back in your lane. I had to do this multiple times passing RVs while on a road trip this weekend.
- Duralias 4y agoOk, but legally you aren't allowed to do that. Also why is it safer? To me a predictable speed would be safer.
- throwaway0a5e 4y ago>Also why is it safer? Because you spend less time and less distance in the "wrong" lane.
- mint2 4y agoIs Propping up oil company profits one of those reasons? Driving the speed limit would likely drive gas prices down due to a >10% decrease in demand Or according to this site maybe >20% https://www.mpgforspeed.com/ https://www.mpgforspeed.com/ People who speed don’t really mind the gas prices. Because Speeding is like paying $1.20 extra per gallon in CA