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Just remember to disable the features when nukes land. https://www.theautopian.com/if-you-ever-see-this-speed-sign-youre-probably-going-to-die/ https://www.the

• candiddevmike 2y ago
  The scale of vehicular traffic these days make such a scenario seem quaint. The highways and interstates would be littered with cars.
  • bobthepanda 2y ago
    We already know how evacuations by car would play out; poorly. Just check out how slow it takes to do hurricane evacuations, and we know about those days ahead of time.
    • sixothree 2y ago
      Having been through a few, the general rule is this - if it normally takes 2 hours to get there, it will take 12 hours to get there.
    • mayneack 2y ago
      https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a63365174/palisades-fire-cars-problems/ https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a63365174/palisades-fire-c...
• cormorant 2y ago
  The full relevant book was: "A guide for highway traffic regulation in an emergency". https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=ien.35556021306899&seq=1 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=ien.35556021306899&se... The Maintain Top Safe Speed thing was envisioned for transiting across fallout-contaminated areas in the weeks and months afterwards. It prescribes there would be cops stationed at the ends of such routes, limiting the flow of cars entering so that those within the stretch would not be congested and could go fast.
  • hammock 2y ago
    That is a goofy solution favoring the people who get to the highway first. Increasing inequality of fallout damage is the intended outcome?
    • cormorant 2y ago
      The checkpoint is supposed to be in a place where it's safe to wait.