[dazzleman]

Originally Posted by kidyankee764

Technically, according to what I learned in a training course recently, the majority of accidents on CT interstates are caused by 2 things: slow drivers, and impatient drivers making risky maneuvers to get around those slow drivers. So technically, that driver going 60-65 is a hazard. Whether it's right to speed or not, it is what it is.

I agree. Slow drivers don't belong in the passing lane. And there are signs saying that, but people don't listen and think they're justified in blocking the passing lane for no good reason. Risky maneuvers by more aggressive drivers to get around them add danger.

I am a fast driver and like to go 80-85 mph if conditions allow it. Still, I'm not sure that a 75 mph speed limit is appropriate in many places. I think the speed limits have to be geared to the driving skills and vehicles that predominate on the road, and a lot of people can't handle it. I'd rather see a sustained ticket blitz against left lane blockers (probably unrealistic) to get the message across that they need to move over.

[dazzleman]

Originally Posted by JayCT

How? Again, here you have a large number of people breaking the law every day. These are not common criminals but normally law biding citizens who work every day and pay the taxes that5 built these highways. In other parts of the world the speed limits are much higher on roads like ours. It is provincial thinking to arbitrarily limit speeds when they are designed to accomodate much higher speeds, Jay

Are you a fast driver, Jay? Do you ever get speeding tickets?

I'm going on 14 years without a speeding ticket. Hard to believe, since I'm an incorrigible and habitual speeder. But what saves me is that I don't drive a large number of miles.

[dazzleman]

Originally Posted by MovingToCT36

I don't see how anyone can get above 65 anyway because your highways in CT are extremely busy.

I can go 80 on I-95 at off hours. And when I'm driving to Boston, I do 85-90 on the stretch of I-84 east of Hartford.

[El Scorcho]

Originally Posted by JayCT

Why? Is it better to have more than 50% of the drivers breaking the law driving over the current 65 mph speed limit? Jay

Originally Posted by El Scorcho

This thinking, in my opinion, is seriously flawed.

Originally Posted by JayCT

How? Again, here you have a large number of people breaking the law every day. These are not common criminals but normally law biding citizens who work every day and pay the taxes that5 built these highways. In other parts of the world the speed limits are much higher on roads like ours. It is provincial thinking to arbitrarily limit speeds when they are designed to accomodate much higher speeds, Jay

Just because, as you say, the majority of people do it, doesn't make it right and/or safe. Breaking the law is breaking the law, any way you look at it.

The thinking is flawed, in my opinion, because I don't buy the 'majority rules' argument.

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by El Scorcho

Just because, as you say, the majority of people do it, doesn't make it right and/or safe. Breaking the law is breaking the law, any way you look at it.

The thinking is flawed, in my opinion, because I don't buy the 'majority rules' argument.

It's not majority rules.

The highways have been modernized in recent years while the speed limit hasn't.

It's pretty simple.

[El Scorcho]

Originally Posted by kidyankee764

It's not majority rules.

The highways have been modernized in recent years while the speed limit hasn't.

It's pretty simple.

I was responding to Jay. Please stay on topic.

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by El Scorcho

I was responding to Jay. Please stay on topic.

If you post in a public forum, anyone can respond.

If you solely want to respond to Jay, there's a feature called "Direct Message".

Now back to the thread...

[Stratford, Ct. Resident]

Originally Posted by El Scorcho

I was responding to Jay. Please stay on topic.

He is on topic.....

[El Scorcho]

Originally Posted by kidyankee764

If you post in a public forum, anyone can respond.

If you solely want to respond to Jay, there's a feature called "Direct Message".

Now back to the thread...

So, nothing to add? Just having the last word? Real becoming.

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by El Scorcho

So, nothing to add? Just having the last word? Real becoming.

My addition:

Originally Posted by kidyankee764

It's not majority rules.

The highways have been modernized in recent years while the speed limit hasn't.

It's pretty simple.

I'm sorry you can't handle it, and think that's off topic.