• EVERYTHING'S BIGGER IN TEXAS - 85 mph (140 km/h) Limits up for consideration to be posted on Highway
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[QUOTE=TheGuru;36295983]Wish we had those limits in Australia Highest speed limit in my state is 100 km/h (~60 mph), and it practically puts me to sleep driving that slow on the highway. Also leeway given by the police is only 3 km/h (under 2 mph).[/QUOTE] But Australia is a whole vast of nothing in a lot of it, why would you have such small speed limits there?
What's the big deal? I do 85 on the freeway all the time. In saying that, people usually go 10mph above the speed limit anyway, so it's more of a 95.
Just wait till the cars hit 88MPH, then you will see some serious shit :v: Edit: in canada we use kph so we go slower...
It sucks being the person that follows speed limits. It always seems to piss off the people that want to do 60 in a 45 zone that are behind me.
I'll be sure to try it out when it's finished and need to head towards Austin.
Hell my dad goes around 100 on the country highways in west Texas and no-one really cares because they're straight as an arrow and flat as a ruler.
I've been on two car trips from Texas to Arizona (that was only one leg of the trip though) and there is pretty much jack shit there. Just straight/very large curved roads Why they haven't had the speed limit at 85 already is weird to me.
They really don't give a fuck here in austin, unless you're going waay to fast. i can do 10 or 15 over and the cops will sit there. i don't do that anymore, just 5 over. we already do 90mph or 100 out on those highways anyway.
Ah the drawback of living in a fairly densely populated area, the sign on 90/94 may say 65 but the traffic says 0-10. :v:
fuck yeah i take that road to my parent's house some times
[QUOTE=Bleach Qeef;36295825]Everyone goes 80 on the highway. I don't see the big whoop. The speed limits are more of a guideline anyways. 25 means 40 45 means 60 55 means 80+[/QUOTE] So What you're saying is The system is completely shitty, the vast majority of people driving are eligible for fines every day for going the speed that is [I]reasonable[/I], it becomes a matter of chance (will there be a cop?) or skill (learning to brake when you see a cop), and it's generally all just a broken implementation?
Hell I already drive 90 here in Austin. My friend has gotten up to 155 on one of the told roads in his car :v: I say it's a good thing. The cops around here can be real shitholes when it comes to 5 - 10 mph over the limit. [editline]12th June 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Elecbullet;36296943]So What you're saying is The system is completely shitty, the vast majority of people driving are eligible for fines every day for going the speed that is [I]reasonable[/I], it becomes a matter of chance (will there be a cop?) or skill (learning to brake when you see a cop), and it's generally all just a broken implementation?[/QUOTE] yes. Making me pay $300 because i went 43 instead of 40 isn't trying to prevent accidents, its just getting money for the police/ sheriffs
We already have that speed limit in Poland. Too bad that we have less highways than Germany had before WWII.
[QUOTE=Elecbullet;36296943]So What you're saying is The system is completely shitty, the vast majority of people driving are eligible for fines every day for going the speed that is [I]reasonable[/I], it becomes a matter of chance (will there be a cop?) or skill (learning to brake when you see a cop), and it's generally all just a broken implementation?[/QUOTE] exactly. Everyone pushes 5-10mph (in the 25-45 normal in-city/town limits) depending on how traffic is flowing, at least in most areas I ever visit. It's because it's so minimal of a ticket cops just won't bother because it'll waste their time and they might miss someone going faster/being more aggressive and being a deserving asshat. If you get one of these dumb little tickets you can take it to court and again, the cop would be more likely to just ignore it and spend his working hours tending to bigger things, you'd get out of it if he doesn't show up to defend it 65 is the top speed signage from the top of minnesota to the start of kentucky as far as anywhere I've driven, some places hitting 50 specifically to be speed traps in the middle of faster areas (fuck indiana). The general speed driven in a 65 usually wavers between 70-85, but only pushes the higher speeds if traffic is consistent and you're in a cluster. I think you'd be pushing your luck if you were zipping along at even 75-80 with no accompanying traffic to act as an excuse.
65 mph limit on the freeway, everyone's doing 75-80 anyways and then it becomes more dangerous to do the posted speed limit..
Ho shit, right around where I live. Get to drive to it yeah, buddy.
There was huge buffoonery when they talked about increasing the speed limit from 70mph to 80mph on dual carriageways here in England. It's all abit silly because on most roads here people tend to drive 10mph above the speed limit unless theres a cop or speed camera about. If they increased the speed limit to 80, then everyone would just drive at 90 instead.
Montana has 85's on most 2-lanes [img]http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b329/Cmd598/emote/emot-smug.gif[/img] Many die
[QUOTE=Pelvic Thrust;36298477]Montana has 85's on most 2-lanes [img]http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b329/Cmd598/emote/emot-smug.gif[/img] Many die[/QUOTE] Isn't there some crazy statistic that more people have been injured or killed after they went from no limit to that?
Cripes you Americans are allowed to drive fast Jealous...
I've been on the autobahn in Germany, that was fun. We cruised mostly at 100-120mph, and at some points hit 140mph. You still feel remarkably safe though. 80-85mph seems reasonable on bigger roads.
Us Brits have been stuck with 70mph limits on our motorways for the past 50 years, but thankfully our government have realized that most people don't stick to it and have got the go ahead to increase it to 80mph next year. And like one of the ministers said, 'If 50 per cent of the population are routinely breaking the law it's actually the law that needs looking at.'
In Kentucky, people do over 90 sometimes.
[QUOTE=Elecbullet;36296943]So What you're saying is The system is completely shitty, the vast majority of people driving are eligible for fines every day for going the speed that is [I]reasonable[/I], it becomes a matter of chance (will there be a cop?) or skill (learning to brake when you see a cop), and it's generally all just a broken implementation?[/QUOTE] This, but I'd say that, in general, people need to drive slower. I see too many people doing 50 down my street (speed limit 35, it's a small side-road) and weaving in and out of traffic being shitheads on the high way. In my area, there's actually tons of deer and shit that will jump out of the woods straight into the front of your car, so people who think 'oh, the road is clear, so I can speed all I want' are probably in more danger than they realize. Ideally we wouldn't need speed limits because people would learn to drive cautiously, but some people need to get a big fat ticket for being cunts. I'm pretty sure that's what it's for. So asshats have no recourse when they're [i]actually[/i] driving recklessly, because 'reckless' is subjective, but '20MPH over the limit' is entirely objective.
Everyone on the 87 going down to manhatten or up towards the tappenzee 80-70-60, Thats going from left to right in lanes.
[QUOTE=OvB;36294895]People already do 85 on the stretches of highway with a posted limit of 80. (they also do 85 on all the other Texas highways too, often) Going 5 over is seems like an unspoken rule here and the cops don't care unless the road is really busy or you're driving like an idiot. I don't see a problem with this.[/QUOTE] Same here in the UK, you can generally go 3-5 over without being snapped by speed cameras/vans. Though our speed limit on the motorway is 70mph and nobody ever gets in trouble for doing 80-90.
Some dumbass redneck in his top-heavy shitmobile will flip and the speed limit with get reduced, calling it. now.
[QUOTE=valkery;36295745]I would take it back in, but seeing as how it hasn't broken down yet, we have two other cars, and it still runs fine, I am going to leave it alone for now. The speedometer tops as 110 anyway.[/QUOTE] Probably a good idea on the basis that finding out what's wrong involves pulling the engine down to a shortblock and disassembling the head. expensive shit.
In the UK they tried to change the national speed limit from 70 to 80 It was voted down to the ground because of the potential for more accidents
Higher than 70 is pointless and even more hazardous. Don't care if you want to get to your destination five minutes faster, how about we prevent hugeass wrecks that slow traffic to a stop instead?
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