Speed limits are not personalized

Speed limits are tuned for the _average_ driver in the _average_ vehicle.
Just because you think YOU have the catlike reflexes and the ultimate
driving machine to handle speeds well above the posted limit, that doesn't
mean you are issued an exemption. There's only one speed limit posted.

MidnightDad wrote:
> Speed limits are tuned for the _average_ driver in the _average_ vehicle.

That sounds like bull**** to me. Speed limits are supposed to be set
based on actual traffic speeds.

MidnightDad wrote:
> Speed limits are tuned for the _average_ driver in the _average_ vehicle.

That sounds like bull**** to me. Speed limits are supposed to be set
based on actual traffic speeds.

"MidnightDad" > wrote in message
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> Speed limits are tuned for the _average_ driver in the _average_ vehicle.

of many decades ago

"MidnightDad" > wrote in message
news:1105227025.4a52e3b9d55f9ca930a9635a7072b69f@t eranews...
> Speed limits are tuned for the _average_ driver in the _average_ vehicle.

of many decades ago

On 1/8/2005 3:30 PM, MidnightDad wrote:

> Speed limits are tuned for the _average_ driver in the _average_ vehicle.

You know, when your premise is wrong, all your reasoning will be wrong too.

Speed limits aren't "tuned" for anything, though they *ought* to be.
Currently they're arbitrarily chosen, usually by statute.


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On 1/8/2005 3:30 PM, MidnightDad wrote:

> Speed limits are tuned for the _average_ driver in the _average_ vehicle.

You know, when your premise is wrong, all your reasoning will be wrong too.

Speed limits aren't "tuned" for anything, though they *ought* to be.
Currently they're arbitrarily chosen, usually by statute.


--
~/Garth |"I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie.
Almgren | I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave.
******* | And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant."
for secure mail info) --H.L. Mencken (1880-1956)

In article <1105227025.4a52e3b9d55f9ca930a9635a7072b69f@teran ews>,
"MidnightDad" > wrote:

> Speed limits are tuned for the _average_ driver in the _average_ vehicle.
> Just because you think YOU have the catlike reflexes and the ultimate
> driving machine to handle speeds well above the posted limit, that doesn't
> mean you are issued an exemption. There's only one speed limit posted.

But they are *not* (in general) so tuned. The fact is that the
"_average_ driver in the _average_ vehicle" is consistently driving
faster than the posted limit. And traffic engineers have studied it and
found that roughly 85% of them are doing so at an appropriate speed.

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling 4 feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect
if you sit in the bottom of that cupboard."

In article <1105227025.4a52e3b9d55f9ca930a9635a7072b69f@teran ews>,
"MidnightDad" > wrote:

> Speed limits are tuned for the _average_ driver in the _average_ vehicle.
> Just because you think YOU have the catlike reflexes and the ultimate
> driving machine to handle speeds well above the posted limit, that doesn't
> mean you are issued an exemption. There's only one speed limit posted.

But they are *not* (in general) so tuned. The fact is that the
"_average_ driver in the _average_ vehicle" is consistently driving
faster than the posted limit. And traffic engineers have studied it and
found that roughly 85% of them are doing so at an appropriate speed.

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling 4 feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect
if you sit in the bottom of that cupboard."

In article <1105227025.4a52e3b9d55f9ca930a9635a7072b69f@teran ews>, MidnightDad wrote:
> Speed limits are tuned for the _average_ driver in the _average_ vehicle.
> Just because you think YOU have the catlike reflexes and the ultimate
> driving machine to handle speeds well above the posted limit, that doesn't
> mean you are issued an exemption. There's only one speed limit posted.

LIMIT is an UPPER BOUND. Maybe you should learn the meaning of words.

Oh, btw, around here, average driver does 70-78mph in a 55mph zone on the
local interstates.