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Are the speed limits set unreasonably low? Otherwise one could always try abiding to the speed limit.

• 1123581321 8mo ago
  Most US cities have lower posted speeds than average drivers’ perception of safe speeds.
  • klardotsh 8mo ago
    Oftentimes comically lower. I remember in Chicago the interstates having posted speed limits of 45mph... the average flow of traffic outside of rush hour was easily north of 70mph. Looking even at normal arterial streets, many streets in Seattle are marked 25, but you'd be hard-pressed to find even a cop going under 30 most of the time. I truly don't understand US road design. The construction of the road and the posted speed limit almost never are even gently correlated other than on a few select residential side streets in a few select cities who have rebuilt streets based on safety studies.
    • throwaway2037 8mo ago
      > I remember in Chicago the interstates having posted speed limits of 45mph... the average flow of traffic outside of rush hour was easily north of 70mph. This comment seems a bit odd to me. I Google about it and learned (from various sources): > 45 mph (72 km/h) in downtown Chicago, where all the major interstates merge This excludes construction or work zones. That seems pretty reasonable. I've seen a few places in the US where several major interstates merge and the post speed limit is quite low -- 45-55 mph.
• Spooky23 7mo ago
  20 mph.