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Yes, agreed. Though speed limits higher than 75 are not something I will ever support.* * Unless we're talking about removing a speed limit altogether and regu
by TimTheTinker 7mo ago
Yes, agreed. Though speed limits higher than 75 are not something I will ever support.*
* Unless we're talking about removing a speed limit altogether and regulating unsafe driving using other criteria.
- jjav 7mo agoWhat happens at 76mph?
- TimTheTinker 7mo agoSame thing that happens at 77mph :) I think 75 is memorable and roughly in the region where the tradeoff between increased kinetic energy and decreased time to arrival per additional unit of velocity becomes untenable.
- The_President 7mo ago> the tradeoff between increased kinetic energy and decreased time to arrival per additional unit of velocity becomes untenable Sounds like a warning page out of the back of a 94 Geo Metro owner's manual.
- benlivengood 7mo agoAutonomous vehicles following proper signalling before lane changes can be safe at arbitrary speeds (see Autobahns working at all). Humans, we should limit passing speed to roughly ~5 mph delta between adjacent lanes and leave it at that. Humans with adequate following distance in the entire lane can probably manage 10 mph delta. I routinely travel dozens of miles very safely at ~80 with the flow of traffic (including the cops), and been stressed out at 55 in the carpool lane through stop and go traffic in the right-hand lanes due to on ramps/offramps.