Speed Limit 85 (Houston, Dallas, San Antonio: schools, university, automobile)

[TexasHorseLady]

Actually, there are rises on all sorts of roads where 70 mph is the limit or, more likely, 10 mph above the limit. I don't have to try again just because you don't like reality.

[kenshi]

We're not talking about all sorts of roads. We're talking about freeways. Do I need to quote the five or six posts where I said freeway?

[TexasHorseLady]

What's the difference between a highway with a speed limit of 70 mph and a freeway with a speed limit of 70 mph. Do the laws of physics and how fast a vehicle can stop at that speed magically change between one and the other?

[kenshi]

Well let's see... Freeways are designed to be as flat and straight as possible. It's pretty much a guarantee that you can see at least a quarter mile in front of you, unless you're in the mountains. Freeways always have traffic divided so there's virtually no chance of hitting someone going the opposite direction. Due to the limited access, freeways can handle a much larger amount of traffic than similar-sized highways. Rural freeways are rarely congested. Freeways have a minimum speed limit of 40 mph and very rarely will people do less than 60 mph unless they're unable to due to congestion. There's almost never a reason to abruptly change your speed unless there's congestion. For these reasons and more, accidents on rural freeways are pretty much unheard of.

[TexasHorseLady]

Kenshi, I live in a rural community that I35, divided freeway that it is, runs right smack through the middle of. I can count several rises north and south of here where you can't see what's over the rise until you're there (they are favorite places for the highway patrol to hang out and pick off speeders, in fact), even in a pickup like I drive where I can see further down the road ahead of me than someone in a shorter vehicle. I assure you that there are frequently accidents on I35 through there (not to mention folks changing lanes to get over as is required when there's a traffic stop just off the righthand lane).

Unless all those accidents that I'm personally aware of, never mind all the rest that occur on freeways, just don't exist in your world, once more your take on reality is a bit off.

What planet is it you're posting from, again?

[love roses]

I was almost thinking kenshi was correct about freeways not having rises until I remembered a story about a horrible accident my husband was witness to sitting at the top of a rise on a freeway. And I30 is relatively flat, but there are parts with some low rolling hilly sections.

[kenshi]

I've been tracking I-10 for miles through the hilliest part of Texas that any interstate goes through on Google Maps and yet there is no point at which you can't see for at least about 1000 feet. Care to add more than just unverifiable personal experience that disagrees with the evidence?

[Glucorious]

Originally Posted by TexasHorseLady

See below.

Actually noone is allowed to drive in the left lane....only pass. You get a ticket if the cops see you hanging out in the fast lane, even if you are driving 100+. Everyone in Germany is required to be cpr certified to get a licence. You must stop and render aid for an accident whether you are involved or not. You will get a ticket if you run out of gas on the autobahn. Tailgating and flashing headlights at people is frowned upon. Presumably even if they're going slower than you would like. The suggested speed on the autobahn in the zones with no speed limit is 81, but it's only a suggestion. Speed limits are enforced through cities and towns and where road conditions warrant slower speeds.

Not if it's 3 lanes. Then you can stay in the left lane. If it's 2 lanes, you can only pass on the left lane, but since all the slow people drive on the right lane anyway, you're automatically faster than them and can, of course, stay there.

And nobody says you should be going 150 through cities etc. Not sure why you highlighted this.. From what I understand, there's no Autobahn in any city anyway. That's called something else. Autobahn connects the cities and dosen't go through the cities.

I think 85 is a strep in the right direction. About time.

[TexasHorseLady]

Glucorious, you quoted me quoting another poster. You'd have to look to them for why they posted this (though I believe, lif you read the whole thread, they actually already did explain why they did).

[kenshi]

Originally Posted by Glucorious

And nobody says you should be going 150 through cities etc. Not sure why you highlighted this.. From what I understand, there's no Autobahn in any city anyway. That's called something else. Autobahn connects the cities and dosen't go through the cities.

I'm pretty sure the autobahn does run through cities, just as our interstates do, but you're right that they have speed limits there as well as in construction areas and other spots where it isn't safe to drive fast. In fact, I think most of the autobahn at any given time has speed limits.