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you dont need permission,, it's illegal to drive above the posted speed limit.. it's one thing to go a little faster than the posted speed limit, and totally another thing if one is travelling at over a hundred mph
Depends.
If I were to *hypothetically* do 150mph with no one around on an open interstate, I'm much less of a threat that the tons and tons of cellphone addicts cruising around in heavy traffic.
P.S. You are also making teh defacto assumption taht all cars handle the same, brake the same and so forth. Trust me, they don't.
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Depends.
If I were to *hypothetically* do 150mph with no one around on an open interstate, I'm much less of a threat that the tons and tons of cellphone addicts cruising around in heavy traffic.
P.S. You are also making teh defacto assumption taht all cars handle the same, brake the same and so forth. Trust me, they don't.
a cell phone user could use that same excuse,, if they are on a highway with no one around..
Question. Why does any vehicle need to be able to go triple the highest speed limit in the US? Really? Most speed limits on highways are between 55 and 80 in some places. Why does my car need to go 150? 170 or higher?
Who can answer that?
A better question is, "Why do we limit ourselves to such low speeds?"
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FWIW, the Big Four (Honda, Suzuki, Kawasaki and Yamaha) agreed among themselves to stop competing on top speed once the 300 km/h mark was reached. I would have no issue with stricter licensing requirements for the big-displacement bikes - there are other people on the road who may not deserve preliminary deletion from the gene pool.
That actually sounds like a great idea, since most states already have several classifications for motorcycle licenses, although usually by displacement. Perhaps they could also add a hi-end category for anything over a certain horsepower rating (non-commerial cars & trucks, same thing). Better technology has steadily been increasing the horsepower of nearly all vehicles lately, and at some point, maybe folks need to be able to demonstrate their competence, reaction time, etc. with the very high-HP vehicles, which are steadily growing to be more powerful than the average race car was a few years ago!
BTW, one category I'd love to see with better licensing requirements, is RV's... especially when it comes to some geezer equipped with just a regular 'ol drivers license, piloting a 50,000+ lb. RV rig nearly as big as a semi!
a cell phone user could use that same excuse,, if they are on a highway with no one around..
Except they don't wait until no one is around.
Tell me the last time you saw someone texting or talking on the cell phone?
How many times have you seen someone blow past you on a busy highway at 150mph?
See. Texting and talking is safe.....like drunk driving.
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it's illegal to drive above the posted speed limit.. it's one thing to go a little faster than the posted speed limit, and totally another thing if one is travelling at over a hundred mph
