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Posted: 7/7/2021 12:32:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Sure because in practice we all go 80 regardless. LOL |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 12:33:36 PM EDT
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55MPH was such a cluster. Biggest impact was drivers completely lost the concept of lane discipline... before then you got out of the left lane when someone was coming up behind you. After 2 decades of 55MPH that tribal knowledge was replaced with the attitude 'F them, I'm going the speed limit and will stay wherever I want'
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Posted: 7/7/2021 12:34:30 PM EDT
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I don't fucking support the BS arbitrary speed limits we have now
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Posted: 7/7/2021 12:35:58 PM EDT
[#4]
No speed limits.
No emissions bullshit. Straight pipes. |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 12:37:53 PM EDT
[#5]
Quote HistoryQuoted: States with Most Tailgating Violations Tailgating creates some of the most dangerous situations on the road. Some drivers forget the laws of the road—and the law of physics—and put themselves and every driver around them in danger by driving close to other vehicles. Based on insurance company reports, these are the top 10 states with the most tailgating violations: 10. Colorado 9. New Hampshire 8. Ohio 7. Connecticut 6. Washington 5. Virginia 4. Utah 3. Nebraska 2. Georgia 1. Idaho Stay out of the left lane and let faster drivers pass and this won’t be an issue. |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 12:38:38 PM EDT
[#6]
F No.
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Posted: 7/7/2021 12:38:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Honestly, I figured this would be the most common response here, although with expected number of people who are incapable of answering a simple "either/or" question posed by a guy who thought it up while stuck behind two idiot fucks traveling side by side at 53 mph on a major US 4 lane highway earlier today Please tell me you were following the 3 second rule 
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Posted: 7/7/2021 12:38:57 PM EDT
[#8]
OP, I am seriously thinking about rating this a "troll" thread..............
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Posted: 7/7/2021 12:39:22 PM EDT
[#9]
No get the fck out with that bullshit.
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Posted: 7/7/2021 12:39:25 PM EDT
[#10]
55 is waaaaay tooo fast...I'd say drop it down to 35mph max...but only for white vehicles.
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Posted: 7/7/2021 12:39:50 PM EDT
[#11]
Alternative- let’s just get rid of cafe standards.
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Posted: 7/7/2021 12:40:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Stay out of the left lane and let faster drivers pass and this won’t be an issue. That doesn't matter pile ups have no lanes . |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 12:40:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I support a repeal of all speed limits, and all Cafe standards. My man. |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 12:40:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yup because 65 means 70 that's too fast for most drivers You sit in the left lane when you’re not passing…don’t you? Probably with your blinker on too. |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 12:40:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 55 is waaaaay tooo fast...I'd say drop it down to 35mph max...but only for white vehicles. If you can drive 40mph on the 808, you’re flying. |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 12:42:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 55 are people serious! What we really need are yearly driving tests after 65 Absofuckinglutely |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 12:43:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You sit in the left lane when you’re not passing…don’t you? Probably with your blinker on too. Those are called signal lights . |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 12:44:03 PM EDT
[#18]
Boomer thread...
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Posted: 7/7/2021 12:44:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: what if I told you both ideas are arbitrary and capricious? I'd say stop using big confusing words, nerd. |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 12:45:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 55 are people serious! What we really need are yearly driving tests after 65 And quadruple insurance rates with yearly driving tests for under 25 - 1 month wait for a retake on failed driver’s test. |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 12:45:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I was behind one of you old f****** coming to work this morning. Almost came to a complete f****** stop in a 40 mile an hour Zone to make a right hand turn into the hardware store with a practically empty parking lot and a wide ass entrance. 55 is for retards, and retards just shouldn't drive! I love doing that to people who tailgate or drive like assholes behind me because I'm not doing 15 over. I won't go out of my way to do it, but if it's a single lane road I'll slow waaaaaaaay down because I love watching people give themselves strokes over dumb shit. |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 12:45:37 PM EDT
[#22]
No speed limits.
Required spike on steering wheel. Illegal to have airbag for driver side. Safer roads, Darwin prospers. |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 12:46:11 PM EDT
[#23]
Son, you ever driven across Texas?
Or outside the cities? 55 is walking. It was excruciating to take a trip back then. |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 12:46:57 PM EDT
[#24]
Hell NO!!!
I was driving all the way through first one. 
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Posted: 7/7/2021 12:49:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That doesn't matter pile ups have no lanes . Slower drivers moving right allows faster drivers to pass. Left lane campers force everyone around, which is when the problems start. If people simply moved with the flow of traffic and kept to the right, the roads would be much safer. Lowering the speed limit to 55 will not make the road safer because left lane campers are still going to camp. |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 12:51:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Slower drivers moving right allows faster drivers to pass. Left lane campers force everyone around, which is when the problems start. If people simply moved with the flow of traffic and kept to the right, the roads would be much safer. Lowering the speed limit to 55 will not make the road safer because left lane campers are still going to camp. I don't have a problem with a speed limit of a 100 MPH if proper following distance is followed . |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 12:52:15 PM EDT
[#27]
Can we do 85 limit?
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Posted: 7/7/2021 12:52:53 PM EDT
[#28]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Hell no. I lived through that bull. |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 12:53:06 PM EDT
[#29]
Damn that's slow.
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Posted: 7/7/2021 12:54:42 PM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Can we do 85 limit? Do you know how long it takes for you to come to a full stop at that speed? |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 12:58:54 PM EDT
[#31]
No. The 55 limit is retarded. Limit should be 80-100 for freeway traffic, or, better yet, just go full autobahn. In town limits are generally fine.
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Posted: 7/7/2021 1:00:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I love doing that to people who tailgate or drive like assholes behind me because I'm not doing 15 over. I won't go out of my way to do it, but if it's a single lane road I'll slow waaaaaaaay down because I love watching people give themselves strokes over dumb shit. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I was behind one of you old f****** coming to work this morning. Almost came to a complete f****** stop in a 40 mile an hour Zone to make a right hand turn into the hardware store with a practically empty parking lot and a wide ass entrance. 55 is for retards, and retards just shouldn't drive! I love doing that to people who tailgate or drive like assholes behind me because I'm not doing 15 over. I won't go out of my way to do it, but if it's a single lane road I'll slow waaaaaaaay down because I love watching people give themselves strokes over dumb shit.  Team America: World Police (10/10) Movie CLIP - Dicks, Pussies and Assholes (2004) HD |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 1:03:52 PM EDT
[#33]
Hell no…Federalize all the highway patrol while you’re at it.
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Posted: 7/7/2021 1:04:15 PM EDT
[#34]
Just ban old, worn out and unsafe vehicles from the Interstate.
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Posted: 7/7/2021 1:04:25 PM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I don't support the feds having any control over Texas whatsoever. You other 49 do your own thing. Exactly what he ^ said. |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 1:04:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: LOL Who the hell even drives 65/70? If you are not doing 75-80 you are getting run over. That’s why they set the speed limits to 56-65. They know they’re going to force people to go over the limit in normal traffic and guarantee revenue generation by their Jack-Booted Thugs. |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 1:05:02 PM EDT
[#37]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Those are called signal lights . It’s also called a “passing lane” but vernacular doesn’t seem overly important when it comes to that… |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 1:06:10 PM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Sure because in practice we all go 80 regardless. LOL Bingo. I already ignore speed limits when they're too slow, I'll ignore that one, too. |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 1:06:57 PM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I support a repeal of all speed limits, and all Cafe standards. My car will cruise at 100 easy Brakes are wonderful 55 is what you do though a town? |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 1:08:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yup because 65 means 70 that's too fast for most drivers In your state I agree. |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 1:09:18 PM EDT
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I'm driving at 80-85 on a highway. I don't care if the speed limit is 80, 70, or 30... I'm doing 80-85 as best I can.
All that the speed limit becomes at that point is the number that the cop puts in the left column of the ticket. |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 1:09:59 PM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted: 55 is fast enough 
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Posted: 7/7/2021 1:10:42 PM EDT
[#43]
FNO
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Posted: 7/7/2021 1:11:26 PM EDT
[#44]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Fuck that shit and fuck CAFE. This. Fuck CAFE. Fuck NHTSA. Fuck CARB. Fuck any nanny state Leftist bullshit organization whose declared intent is to save us from ourselves. TC |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 1:12:01 PM EDT
[#45]
Well, on the bright side, I could sell the 6th gear out of my transmission since I would never need it again.
 But fuck all that noise. I'm the grandpa in the middle or right lane just barely going 10 over posted limit. Screw 55. |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 1:12:08 PM EDT
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Quoted: ...if the government removed CAFE standards? For a thought exercise, say the fedgov has determined that they could eliminate CAFE if a 55 mph standard was brought back. I know, the government doesn't give up power, but it's a thought exercise. Would you prefer to keep things as they are now, or would you support the speed limit? NO |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 1:13:14 PM EDT
[#47]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I don't have a problem with a speed limit of a 100 MPH if proper following distance is followed . Agreed. |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 1:13:18 PM EDT
[#48]
Fuck that.
already takes about 4 hours for me to get anywhere else. |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 1:13:31 PM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Just ban old, worn out and unsafe drivers from the Interstate. |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 1:17:11 PM EDT
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Most posts have already nailed it, but I'll speak from a mechanical point of view. Vehicles now are designed differently than they were prior to 1995. If I were to guess, the best efficiency for modern vehicles is probably 10-15 mph faster than older vehicles, because they're geared differently and are designed in a wind tunnel, which is why they all look similar. In comparison my 1986 F150 with a 4 speed manual is easily pushing 3000 rpm by the time you reach 60mph, and going much beyond that causes the fuel economy to tank. So even if the concept were justified, which it isn't, the limit would need to be set at 65-70.
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