On Topic? Cars, anyway: 55 MPH speed limit...
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From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 23 Jul 2008 23:13 It's interesting to see how many people in this group and others support the 55 MPH speed limit. The question is, where the hell are you on the highway?!?!?! If 55 MPH is supposed to save fuel, and the speed limit is currently 65 MPH in most places, then why, when I'm doing my usual 68-70 MPH, am I getting my damn doors blown off?!?!?! I guess complaining and crying is good, until it effects you... (Of all the cars I was sharing the highway with, I passed 3 of them. Everyone else was passing me...over 70-75 MPH)
From: Leftie on 24 Jul 2008 00:49 Hachiroku ハチロク wrote: > It's interesting to see how many people in this group and others support > the 55 MPH speed limit. > > The question is, where the hell are you on the highway?!?!?! > If 55 MPH is supposed to save fuel, and the speed limit is currently 65 > MPH in most places, then why, when I'm doing my usual 68-70 MPH, am I > getting my damn doors blown off?!?!?! > > I guess complaining and crying is good, until it effects you... > > (Of all the cars I was sharing the highway with, I passed 3 of them. > Everyone else was passing me...over 70-75 MPH) > I've always supported 55, as long as you can go 60 and be left alone. I do 58-60 in the center lane on my commute (lots of off-ramps in the right lane) and idiots keep passing me on *both* sides. Americans are stupid.
From: spsffan on 24 Jul 2008 00:11 Hachiroku ハチロク wrote: > It's interesting to see how many people in this group and others support > the 55 MPH speed limit. > > The question is, where the hell are you on the highway?!?!?! > If 55 MPH is supposed to save fuel, and the speed limit is currently 65 > MPH in most places, then why, when I'm doing my usual 68-70 MPH, am I > getting my damn doors blown off?!?!?! > > I guess complaining and crying is good, until it effects you... > > (Of all the cars I was sharing the highway with, I passed 3 of them. > Everyone else was passing me...over 70-75 MPH) > Well I don't support 55. I put up with it for years and it is nonsense. Sure, it saves a bit of fuel, but my time is worth a whole lot more than that. I'd much rather have the limit at 65 and be comfortable sticking close to it. DAve
From: Brent P on 24 Jul 2008 00:16 On 2008-07-24, Leftie <No(a)Thanks.net> wrote: > I've always supported 55, as long as you can go 60 and be left > alone. So long as the cops don't bother those driving at your chosen speed. How absurd a standard. > I do 58-60 in the center lane on my commute (lots of off-ramps in > the right lane) and idiots keep passing me on *both* sides. Americans > are stupid. That may be true generally but in this case you're driving in the wrong lane. Keep right except to pass. If you can't deal with the merge impaired go fast enough so you aren't being passed on the right.
From: Leftie on 24 Jul 2008 01:35
Brent P wrote: > On 2008-07-24, Leftie <No(a)Thanks.net> wrote: > >> I've always supported 55, as long as you can go 60 and be left >> alone. > > So long as the cops don't bother those driving at your chosen speed. How > absurd a standard. The standard is perfectly reasonable, and long-standing. It's to account for both speedometer error and people momentarily drifting above the limit. I use cruise control and know my speedometer error, so I can set it for 60 and know I'll be going 58. You're the one being absurd. > >> I do 58-60 in the center lane on my commute (lots of off-ramps in >> the right lane) and idiots keep passing me on *both* sides. Americans >> are stupid. > > That may be true generally but in this case you're driving in the wrong > lane. Keep right except to pass. If you can't deal with the merge > impaired go fast enough so you aren't being passed on the right. > > This is how we got into the current situation: being told to crowd into the right-hand lane to make more room for speeders. On a 3 lane highway with off-ramps on the right, the right lane should be for those going below the limit, including those exiting or entering from ramps. The center lane should be for cruising at the limit or so, and the left lane for passing and emergency vehicles. This allows for the optimum flow of traffic and for maximum safety. But that's just too sensible for this dumbass country... |