[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Why 70 mph (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 1/24/2010 4:03:30 PM EDT
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Why is 70mph the speed limit on federal interstates?
Was their some kind of .gov test that determined no human being is capable of safey driving over that speed. Why do cars go faster than 70 mph? |
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Why is 70mph the speed limit on federal interstates? Was their some kind of .gov test that determined no human being is capable of safey driving over that speed. Why do cars go faster than 70 mph? why do AR's come in semi and auto? Wouldn't single shot be ok? Well its BECAUSE THEY CAN..... /thread 
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Why is 70mph the speed limit on federal interstates? Was their some kind of .gov test that determined no human being is capable of safey driving over that speed. Why do cars go faster than 70 mph? Up to the state the highway is located in. Get out much? I have never seen a 75 or 80 mph sign. |
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Why is 70mph the speed limit on federal interstates? Was their some kind of .gov test that determined no human being is capable of safey driving over that speed. Why do cars go faster than 70 mph? Up to the state the highway is located in. Get out much? I have never seen a 75 or 80 mph sign. |
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Why is 70mph the speed limit on federal interstates? Was their some kind of .gov test that determined no human being is capable of safey driving over that speed. Why do cars go faster than 70 mph? Up to the state the highway is located in. Get out much? I have never seen a 75 or 80 mph sign. You need to get out more... |
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Why is 70mph the speed limit on federal interstates? Was their some kind of .gov test that determined no human being is capable of safey driving over that speed. Why do cars go faster than 70 mph? Up to the state the highway is located in. Get out much? I have never seen a 75 or 80 mph sign. Those signs are like college textbooks and toothbrushes...just not something you are likely to come across in the great state of Mississippi. 
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They have night speed limits? |
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They have night speed limits? Cool, an ARFCOMmer that can read, you are now our king 
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They have night speed limits? Cool, an ARFCOMmer that can read, you are now our king
About fuckin time! Hail to the King, Baby! 
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Anyone else find it odd that they would bother with the 80mph sign when the 70 is right behind it don't stack the signs? Edited to save from more humiliation. |
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Anyone else find it odd that they would bother with the 80mph sign when the 70 is right behind it? .... One is truck speed Chief.
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I despise the 65mph night time limit. <a href="http://www.houstonfreeways.com/modern/images/80mph/IMG_6732_80mph_mm278_1024_20070512.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.houstonfreeways.com/modern/images/80mph/IMG_6732_80mph_mm278_1024_20070512.jpg</a> 
Move to Oregon and you can have it all the time! 
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Why is 70mph the speed limit on federal interstates? Was their some kind of .gov test that determined no human being is capable of safey driving over that speed. Why do cars go faster than 70 mph? Up to the state the highway is located in. Get out much? I have never seen a 75 or 80 mph sign. As stated, Utah and Texas, Possibly other western states. I drove from VA to Vegas and back. Rt.40 out and Rt. 70 back. Our truck was governed at 75 mph. It was pissing me off that we couldn't do 80 where it was the legal limit. |
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Quoted: Anyone else find it odd that they would bother with the 80mph sign when the 70 is right behind it? THATS FOR TRUCKS..... |
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Anyone else find it odd that they would bother with the 80mph sign when the 70 is right behind it? .... One is truck speed Chief. Lol, about that whole reading thing. I'm used to having both speeds on the same sign  . Maybe I should get my eyes checked too...
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Quoted: Anyone else find it odd that they would bother with the 80mph sign when the 70 is right behind it? They are right... we can't read........ |
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Anyone else find it odd that they would bother with the 80mph sign when the 70 is right behind it? That second ign is for trucks. |
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Is the night time speed limit to give you a better chance at braking so you don't run down a family of border jumpers? 
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The speed is fairly arbitrary, based on what the representative legislatures decide to write into the law.
Keep in mind that normal people, businessmen and soccer-moms drive around on the autobahn at speeds of 130mph + every day in Germany. For high speeds, you do need to maintain the infrastructure well though, for example, keeping debris off of the roadway. And Germany has stringent driver training standards. |
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I drove through Montana in 96 during the too-brief period of no daytime speed limit (safe and prudent) for cars. Have pictures somewhere of my speedometer showing 135mph or so. Ate gas like crazy but wasn't unsafe and felt great.
IIRC they passed a new speed limit law in '99 because "safe and prudent" was simply too discretionary. Personally I saw people pulled over for going too fast in mom's (or grandmom's!) Buick, and when I blew past them, they just waved. I don't think it would be too difficult to come up with some reasonable yet objective guidelines and bring back the "no limit" for cars and drivers that can handle it. Had nothing to do with "public safety"; there is no proven causal relationship, despite what your gut tells you. If you are going too fast for your gut, slow down, has nothing to do with me!
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Quoted: The speed is fairly arbitrary, based on what the representative legislatures decide to write into the law. Keep in mind that normal people, businessmen and soccer-moms drive around on the autobahn at speeds of 130mph + every day in Germany. For high speeds, you do need to maintain the infrastructure well though, for example, keeping debris off of the roadway. And Germany has stringent driver training standards. And multitasking while driving is somewhat foreign to Autobahn drivers. In America, it's an "always" thing. IMO, driving while distracted or multitasking is one of the greatest causes of vehcle crashes in this country. |
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There is a Federal side to it though. If your Interstate speed limits are 55 mph you get more federal DOT dollars than say 65 mph, and so on. If the limits are higher, that means the State needs less federal money to maintain there interstates. Here in IL, it's 55 or 65 nothing higher.  |
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A speed sign from the Northern Territory here in Aus.. http://images.drive.com.au/drive_images/Editorial/2006/11/08/8SignM_m.jpg So the cops need these.. 
well that was the good old days, they only just put in a 130kp/h speed limit, but i havent been up there for a bit.. Last of the V-8 interceptors. a piece of history. |
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its 65 in Ohio And people actually GO 65!!!!! Not 69. Not 67. Fucking 65. Except in the left lane where they drive 64. I've never seen another state where the entire driving population is cowed the way Ohio is. Which is why I now drive AROUND Ohio. That shit was awful. The truck limit is 55 in the whole state! |
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its 65 in Ohio And people actually GO 65!!!!! Not 69. Not 67. Fucking 65. Except in the left lane where they drive 64. I've never seen another state where the entire driving population is cowed the way Ohio is. Which is why I now drive AROUND Ohio. That shit was awful. The truck limit is 55 in the whole state! Not anymore, was raised to 65 last year, and IL raised theirs to 65 on 1-1-10 |
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They have night speed limits? Yes, they have gay night speed limits. Which just means you get a bigger ticket after dark.
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its 65 in Ohio And people actually GO 65!!!!! Not 69. Not 67. Fucking 65. Except in the left lane where they drive 64. I've never seen another state where the entire driving population is cowed the way Ohio is. Which is why I now drive AROUND Ohio. I have to say that Ohio driver SUCK, they are afraid to turn without a light to tell them it is safe, all the speed limits suck. Nothing like a main road with two lanes in each direction and a turning lane who's speed limit is fucking 25, move a little down the road and the conditions are exactly the same but now it is 35, because we are in the next town. The low speed limits here ARE so they can write more tickets. I read something the other day that said Ohio drivers get the most tickets out of the other states. Oh and I've been to places where the conditions were identical, 2 lanes in each direction and a turning lane and the speed limit is 40-50 with similar amount of local businesses ETA: the freeway limit in Cuyahuga county is 60 
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A speed sign from the Northern Territory here in Aus.. http://images.drive.com.au/drive_images/Editorial/2006/11/08/8SignM_m.jpg They also have those signs out in California - Except that they mean NO DOING ANYTHING ALLOWED.
Damn Straight! 
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