Speed limits are not personalized

Jim Yanik a écrit :
> Max > wrote in :
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>>MidnightDad a écrit :
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>>>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.
>>>
>>>
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>>Tuned for average drivers in average vehicles.
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> "Average" from the 1950 era.
> Most autos of the last 15 years easily exceed those "averages".
> (excluding SUVs!)
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Having driven some newer SUV's, I'd even include them...

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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.
>
>

Bull****. Speed limits, at least in my area, are set for a car so
obsolete that it doesn't exist on the road today and a driver so
incompetent that he shouldn't be allowed behind the wheel anyway.
That's why they are so universally ignored.

nate

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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.
>
>

Bull****. Speed limits, at least in my area, are set for a car so
obsolete that it doesn't exist on the road today and a driver so
incompetent that he shouldn't be allowed behind the wheel anyway.
That's why they are so universally ignored.

nate

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MidnightDad wrote:

> "Brent P" > wrote in message
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>>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.
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> Do you really think speed limits should be set based on the way the
> contributors to this group drive? I'm thankful they're not.
>
>

They should be based on the speeds that the general public drives.
That's the only equitable method there is - otherwise the government is
penalizing the public for driving in a manner that the public as a whole
has collectively decided entails minimal and acceptable risk. This goes
against the whole philospohy that this country was founded on and should
be stopped.

nate

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MidnightDad wrote:

> "Brent P" > wrote in message
> news >
>>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.
>>
>>
>
>
> Do you really think speed limits should be set based on the way the
> contributors to this group drive? I'm thankful they're not.
>
>

They should be based on the speeds that the general public drives.
That's the only equitable method there is - otherwise the government is
penalizing the public for driving in a manner that the public as a whole
has collectively decided entails minimal and acceptable risk. This goes
against the whole philospohy that this country was founded on and should
be stopped.

nate

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"Scott en Aztlán" > wrote in message
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> You know you're a troll when Aunt Judy starts publicly agreeing with
> you.
>

Them could be construed as fightin' words by some! ;-)

"Scott en Aztlán" > wrote in message
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> You know you're a troll when Aunt Judy starts publicly agreeing with
> you.
>

Them could be construed as fightin' words by some! ;-)

"Nate Nagel" > wrote in message
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> 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.
>
> Bull****. Speed limits, at least in my area, are set for a car so
> obsolete that it doesn't exist on the road today and a driver so
> incompetent that he shouldn't be allowed behind the wheel anyway. That's
> why they are so universally ignored.
>
> nate
>
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When I started driving the DC Beltway was two lane in most places and the SL
was 70MPH (except around the Bethesda "rollercoaster" where it was 60). Now
it's 4-5 lane and the SL is 55MPH. So, the limits are actually _lower_
today than they were back when vehicles had far worse handling
characteristics.

"Nate Nagel" > wrote in message
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> 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.
>
> Bull****. Speed limits, at least in my area, are set for a car so
> obsolete that it doesn't exist on the road today and a driver so
> incompetent that he shouldn't be allowed behind the wheel anyway. That's
> why they are so universally ignored.
>
> nate
>
> --
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> http://home.comcast.net/~njnagel

When I started driving the DC Beltway was two lane in most places and the SL
was 70MPH (except around the Bethesda "rollercoaster" where it was 60). Now
it's 4-5 lane and the SL is 55MPH. So, the limits are actually _lower_
today than they were back when vehicles had far worse handling
characteristics.

"James C. Reeves" > wrote in
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> "Nate Nagel" > wrote in message
> ...
>> 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.
>>
>> Bull****. Speed limits, at least in my area, are set for a car so
>> obsolete that it doesn't exist on the road today and a driver so
>> incompetent that he shouldn't be allowed behind the wheel anyway.
>> That's why they are so universally ignored.
>>
>> nate
>>
>> --
>> replace "fly" with "com" to reply.
>> http://home.comcast.net/~njnagel
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> When I started driving the DC Beltway was two lane in most places and
> the SL was 70MPH (except around the Bethesda "rollercoaster" where it
> was 60). Now it's 4-5 lane and the SL is 55MPH. So, the limits are
> actually _lower_ today than they were back when vehicles had far worse
> handling characteristics.
>
>

Back in 1973 there were highways with 70 MPH speed limits posted,mostly out
west.If it was safe back then for those lesser cars,then today's limits
should be much higher.

But they are not,so that kills the idea that limits are 'tuned' entirely.

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