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Originally Posted by ionlife
let's legalize all of it, get rid of "dry counties" (why do they exist), and drop speed limits.
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Don't get me started on speed limits.
Speed limits too, on most major roads (especially interstates), are pretty stupid. Every study conducted on the subject has shown that traffic naturally finds a comfortable consistent pace. It's actually been tested in several countries - where the limit is raised, and traffic on average actually prefers a slower speed. Further, the actual limit is set by a sort of least common denominator - poor performing car and driver.
A semi can only safely travel down a country road at X mph, so that means my race replica sportbike should be limited to that mph too? Nonsense. People naturally find comfortable, suitable speeds - the signs should be advisories (mostly for those unfamiliar with the roads). Someone driving irrationally isn't stopped by a sign with a number. Those people pose the same danger whether the limit exists or not.
Take a look at 565 any day of the week and you'll see that the defacto comfortable speed is ~75-80 mph. The limit is meaningless. Let the police do something besides sit under bridges clocking people and handing out tickets.
It's kind of funny really, police often justify their own high speed driving by saying they're highly trained and yadda yadda. Well that's great, I have raced motorcycles for 10 years, does that mean I'm qualified to exceed the limit?
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