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There are 2 countries I've driven in in Europe with higher limits, France (130 in good weather) and Germany (unlimited in some sections). UK is 70mph. Max I've

There are 2 countries I've driven in in Europe with higher limits, France (130 in good weather) and Germany (unlimited in some sections). UK is 70mph. Max I've seen in the US is 75mph. Most traffic in Germany, even in the unlimited sections, tends to max out around 130. France tends to hit that 130 and not go above it. I stand by 120 as a generally reasonable speed for a motorway with a speed limit.

koolba 3y ago
There’s some 85 mph in the USA in Texas. Mostly 65 mph in the rest of the country though.
hulitu 3y ago
> There are 2 countries I've driven in in Europe with higher limits, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Croatia, Italy all have 130 km/h speed limit on highways.
jiofj 3y ago
So basically you are saying that you have seen 130, that it works well, but you still stand by 120. Makes no sense. Where I live the upper limit is 120. If you drive at 120 people won't stop overtaking you. It's done this way because they have those mobile car radars to give people tickets when they need money.
- wiredfool 3y ago
  What I'm saying is that the natural speed is around 120km/h, even on the far nicer roads in Germany and France. If the limits there are higher, and the bulk of drivers still aren't driving faster, then maybe 120 is just fine for what we have here.
whelp_24 3y ago
The speed limit being 70 in the us is a bad joke. A relic from the gas shortage we had once that must have proven lucrative. Our roads are long wide and straight, it shouldn't be so low. (though Texas has some 85mph sections)
- wiredfool 3y ago
  That was 55.
  - whelp_24 3y ago
    Yeah, but the hard speed limits existence in the first place was from this. There used to be roads with limits, and the limits also took a long time to go up, they are still low, and most backroads are still like 55 or lower
    - wiredfool 3y ago
      No, it wasn't. At least, anywhere other than Montana. The limits were higher, then Carter made then 55, nationally. Montana used to have "Safe and Reasonable" as a daytime speed limit. During 55, it was forced to be that, but it was widely ignored and there was a $5 fine for "Excessively Utilizing Natural Resources". People would hold a $5 bill out the window when pulled over.
    - mikestew 3y ago
      Yeah, but the hard speed limits existence in the first place was from this. I don't even have a rebuttal for a statement so demonstrably untrue. Speed limits were in place for decades before the 70s gas shortages. And the limit on backroads is reasonable considering that oncoming traffic is passing by you mere feet/meters away.

koolba 3y ago

There’s some 85 mph in the USA in Texas. Mostly 65 mph in the rest of the country though.

hulitu 3y ago

> There are 2 countries I've driven in in Europe with higher limits, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Croatia, Italy all have 130 km/h speed limit on highways.

jiofj 3y ago

So basically you are saying that you have seen 130, that it works well, but you still stand by 120. Makes no sense. Where I live the upper limit is 120. If you drive at 120 people won't stop overtaking you. It's done this way because they have those mobile car radars to give people tickets when they need money.

wiredfool 3y ago
What I'm saying is that the natural speed is around 120km/h, even on the far nicer roads in Germany and France. If the limits there are higher, and the bulk of drivers still aren't driving faster, then maybe 120 is just fine for what we have here.

whelp_24 3y ago

The speed limit being 70 in the us is a bad joke. A relic from the gas shortage we had once that must have proven lucrative. Our roads are long wide and straight, it shouldn't be so low. (though Texas has some 85mph sections)

wiredfool 3y ago
That was 55.
- whelp_24 3y ago
  Yeah, but the hard speed limits existence in the first place was from this. There used to be roads with limits, and the limits also took a long time to go up, they are still low, and most backroads are still like 55 or lower
  - wiredfool 3y ago
    No, it wasn't. At least, anywhere other than Montana. The limits were higher, then Carter made then 55, nationally. Montana used to have "Safe and Reasonable" as a daytime speed limit. During 55, it was forced to be that, but it was widely ignored and there was a $5 fine for "Excessively Utilizing Natural Resources". People would hold a $5 bill out the window when pulled over.
  - mikestew 3y ago
    Yeah, but the hard speed limits existence in the first place was from this. I don't even have a rebuttal for a statement so demonstrably untrue. Speed limits were in place for decades before the 70s gas shortages. And the limit on backroads is reasonable considering that oncoming traffic is passing by you mere feet/meters away.