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Keep it at 85!!!. My states speed limit for the highway is 65mph and everybody does 80 when there 'aren't any cops in sight' lol. What does that turn into when the speed limit is already 85?...105mph?. Really where do you need to get to so quickly?.
As I posted earlier, There was a study that most drivers won't feel comfortable doing speeds in excess of 90 MPH. So everyone would maybe be going 90 instead of the posted 85. It would just be like now where even though the speed limit is 65, or 70 there will still be those people going well over the speed limit.
Disclaimer: I did a quick internet search and couldn't find the study so I can't post the data results.
As I posted earlier, There was a study that most drivers won't feel comfortable doing speeds in excess of 90 MPH. So everyone would maybe be going 90 instead of the posted 85. It would just be like now where even though the speed limit is 65, or 70 there will still be those people going well over the speed limit.
Disclaimer: I did a quick internet search and couldn't find the study so I can't post the data results.
while overseas I observed exactly what you described. I don't know if it was that people didn't feel comfortable at faster speeds, but I many didn't seem to have a desire to drive at those speeds. There are major differences in driving styles however, people don't camp in the left hand lane, and if you're passing another vehicle you do so and get out of the way for your own safety! Not to mention that it's the law.
So I know we saw the article a few months back about the strip of Texas interstate that was given an 85 MPH speed limit. These speed is about equal to the 120 MPH speed limit found on much of Germany's autobahn, with smaller areas being "speed unlimited in sparsely populated places". Why hasn't an American Autobahn been pushed here in the States? Why would it succeed, and why would it fail...and furthermore, would you be interested in one?
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There are stretches of the current Interstate - the ones that have been rebuilt or upgraded in recent years - where you could safely do double the current speed limit if you had a good car (and a good drive behind the wheel). I argued that you could have easily done 130 on I-75 given the wide lanes, long straights, and rather gentle curves.
Of course, there's two big caveats there: 1) the car, and 2) the driver.
A lot of states don't have inspections and in any case a lot of people fail to maintain their vehicles properly. And the drivers... well, hang up and drive, that's a start.
There are stretches of the current Interstate - the ones that have been rebuilt or upgraded in recent years - where you could safely do double the current speed limit if you had a good car (and a good drive behind the wheel). I argued that you could have easily done 130 on I-75 given the wide lanes, long straights, and rather gentle curves.
Of course, there's two big caveats there: 1) the car, and 2) the driver.
A lot of states don't have inspections and in any case a lot of people fail to maintain their vehicles properly. And the drivers... well, hang up and drive, that's a start.
I routinely drive 80-100 between Detroit and Cincinnati.
Keep it at 85!!!. My states speed limit for the highway is 65mph and everybody does 80 when there 'aren't any cops in sight' lol. What does that turn into when the speed limit is already 85?...105mph?. Really where do you need to get to so quickly?.
There are stretches of the current Interstate - the ones that have been rebuilt or upgraded in recent years - where you could safely do double the current speed limit if you had a good car (and a good drive behind the wheel). I argued that you could have easily done 130 on I-75 given the wide lanes, long straights, and rather gentle curves.
Of course, there's two big caveats there: 1) the car, and 2) the driver.
A lot of states don't have inspections and in any case a lot of people fail to maintain their vehicles properly. And the drivers... well, hang up and drive, that's a start.
You touched the 3) caveat at the end of your post...the Other Drivers.
Driver education would be a huge part of this, large lanes would also be a big deal. Something I noticed were the "pull offs" for emergencies. In general the autobahn Lanes seemed wider than typical highway lanes here, but they didn't have much shoulder. However, every 1500 feet or so I noticed a "pull off" with enough room to get your disabled car out of the way of traffic. They seemed to be spaced close enough that you could coast to one from typical highway speed, seems like a better idea than paving a whole lot of shoulder the entire length of a highway.
I routinely drive 80-100 between Detroit and Cincinnati.
The normal traffic flow speed is between 75-85 on I95 between Richmond and Alexandria. I average 70-80 daily during my commute from Vienna and Rockville on I495.
The normal traffic flow speed is between 75-85 on I95 between Richmond and Alexandria. I average 70-80 daily during my commute from Vienna and Rockville on I495.
I couldn't even sniff that speed heading on I-95 from Manassas/Woodbridge (Prince William Parkway).
So I know we saw the article a few months back about the strip of Texas interstate that was given an 85 MPH speed limit. These speed is about equal to the 120 MPH speed limit found on much of Germany's autobahn, with smaller areas being "speed unlimited in sparsely populated places". Why hasn't an American Autobahn been pushed here in the States? Why would it succeed, and why would it fail...and furthermore, would you be interested in one?
well makes owning a Corvette more fun since a GT-500 blows by you at close to 200MPH in the fast lane and a normal cars are just not made to driven at those speeds since proper and inspected and inflated tires performance tires are important.
As are aerodynamics, elevation , down force, lift, outside temperature and drag as well as horsepower factors into it all and car made to gety the most cargo and best fuel economy and are not all out low slung all out sport scars that were from day one designed with high speed driving in mind should not go beyond d the seed rating of their tire in perfect conditions even in optimal conditions without going through the car to make sure it is able for those speeds and everything is in perfect condition and everything is check and the rechecked to be tight and within factory recommended specs.
so unless the the car is set up for those speeds a bad aliment or any visible damage like curb rash and even a small tear of the sidewall on the tire leaking any fluids and then you are not going to get cleared at a NHRA or SCCA pre-race safety and vehicle Inspection to get the go ahead to be allowed to participate which is why cars have the highly visible numbers circled to the track officials put on the windows by the inspection your car has to pass depending on how fast or what class you race in.
Then and sign the forms that the track is not liable or accountable if you wreck or throw a rod or your tranny blows so they are saying that you are liable to race and meet all mandatory safety requirements to be allowed on any track and if something goes wrong your factory warranty is void on the track.
If you leave a mess on the track and it takes a long time to clean up something lets go and is very expensive to do it right and has to be cleaned and inspected and reheated and many times before racing resumes and since people do not maintain their daily drivers to the factory recommended checks then it puts people at risk.
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