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Oh, it was so unimaginably bad! I still wake up in the middle of the night shaking because of the trauma and suffering.
I was living in Grand Rapids and my in-laws were in Detroit, so when we made the drive, which was very frequent, it would often take us two hours and forty-five minutes instead of the two hours and thirty minutes we wanted it to take.
Oh, if I had all those fifteen-minute periods back now I'd be a happy man. I'd probably weigh about forty pounds less, still have all my hair. I'd probably still have the car I was driving back then.
Oh, my, I ought to sue the government for intentional infliction of emotional distress.
I'm just glad I survived it. I'm not sure how I did.
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It was 50 mph in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New York, and New Jersey.
In November 1973, I'd just gotten my Vermont learner's permit which you could get at age 15. I was the designated driver every weekend driving from Massachusetts to the Vermont weekend ski place. We carried our own gasoline and had a stash in Vermont in case we couldn't buy any. Mom said "go 70". I'd get pulled over, show the cop some flimsy piece of paper with no photo and no license number. It was like having diplomatic immunity. There was no way the cop could write me a ticket. All they'd do is tell me to slow down.
No matter what speed limit they set, most people are always going to go a little above it. They could make it 120 and people would be going 140.
Just human nature.
No it is not. Underposted speed limits lead to non-compliance. Set speed limits based on 85th percentile measured vehicle speeds and compliance goes up significantly.
Everybody in Germany is not driving 140 mph on the speed limitless sections of the Autobahn.
Almost nobody drove 55, always 70-80 depending on the area and traffic. People just speed by a lower margin now.
We have a wide open road here for a ways its posted 70. Im usually going about 65 or below, yes Im in the right lane. All passing me maybe doing 70. I have yet to see anybody go flying past going 80 or above. I dont like going fast anymore. You tend to think about what can happen at that speed if something goes wrong. In my younger days, not so much. I feel lucky Im still here, some of my old friends are not.
It’s not human nature. It’s poor enforcement. Go drive in Germany. People drive exactly the speed limit. It’s tightly enforced and has big fines & license suspensions.
I set my adaptive cruise control at speed limit + 9 on the highway. I know I’m not going to get a ticket. In notorious speed trap locations in Vermont, I go exactly the speed limit.
So, you just admitted that you are a speeder ! That has nothing to do with "enforcement" and everything to do with you breaking the law !
And BTW, 9 over in most places WILL get you stopped, they generally use 5 over as a general rule, anything over that, and you will be having a roadside chat with an officer.
So, you just admitted that you are a speeder ! That has nothing to do with "enforcement" and everything to do with you breaking the law !
And BTW, 9 over in most places WILL get you stopped, they generally use 5 over as a general rule, anything over that, and you will be having a roadside chat with an officer.
Exactly. I don't go 65 on large two-lane highways, even though I think the speed limit should be 60/65 and traffic often flows 65.
Similarly, I don't go over 60 in a 55-mph interstate road work zone I frequently drive through, again despite my higher comfort levels and surrounding traffic flowing 65.
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