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there is a road right next to me, 2 lanes in each way, fiar amount of trafic... long road. speed limit is only 35 for a while and then it goes up to 40. its hard to describe but that should definitely be raised. its mostly just truckign facilities and stuff. most people don't even follow the speed limit i see people doing an easy 10 over at all times.

I just wanted to tease bill a little.. gota admit that was some awful spelling though! hehe I figured he was tired of drunk.. wasn't sure which :P

The speed limits aren't only a matter of the car's abilities, but also the road conditions. While the autobahn for example, has 26" thick asphault that is highly maintained and built from the start for high speeds, with long shallow sweeps, and no sharper bends at the high speed areas, US roads are 12" of asphault, and holes are randomly patched as people complain. Not highly maintained. Road condition has a lot to do with limiting vehicle speed, as does differential speed. Trucks going slower and being hit by fast moving smaller cars will cause a lot of damage, too. Speed doesn't kill as much as differential speed does.
This is one reason I've always opposed separate speed limits for trucks and passenger vehicles.

hopefully they follow suite here, i got pulled over for doing 44 in a 25 lol, it should have been a 35 zone, but still the cop was nice and only cited me for not obeying the signs so it was just 106 bucks, and I learned my lesson. Dont speed to get back to leave work on time.

Mithrandir wrote:yeah i can see the street racing thing, but you guys have to agree that some speed limits are retarded. they should totally rethink the speed limits on some roads and highways. I mean if its very easy to go 80 on the highway with no trouble so why not make it 80? I mean anyone that is driving should be able to do that and if they cant let them go slower but dont basically punish the people who can do 80 safely with fines. Also on a personal note. People 70 and over should have to retest every 2 years or so cause I hate getting nearly hit into by old people who shouldnt be driving damn it.

Ditto on the old farts.

The only reason they have not raised many speed limits yet is due to the crash testing. Texas has recently raised their limits to 80 in rural areas though. They've been trying to raise the limit here from 70-75 recently.

yeah i can see the street racing thing, but you guys have to agree that some speed limits are retarded. they should totally rethink the speed limits on some roads and highways. I mean if its very easy to go 80 on the highway with no trouble so why not make it 80? I mean anyone that is driving should be able to do that and if they cant let them go slower but dont basically punish the people who can do 80 safely with fines. Also on a personal note. People 70 and over should have to retest every 2 years or so cause I hate getting nearly hit into by old people who shouldnt be driving damn it.

Bwcad1 wrote:there is no time and no place for street racing thats y there are drag strips. DO NOT ENDANGER THE LIFES OF OTHER HUMANS!!!

Very true. 10 years ago or so my cousin was street racing on the popular street racing streets here, and some guy stepped out into the street or something and was killed instantly by my cousin's truck or car whatever he was driving. The point is, people are stupid and not necessarily the drivers.

I used to go down to where they raced a few times. I was all into it at first, but the repeated times of cops coming and just the stupid things done are enough to keep me away for good. I think the last time I went, there were 100 or so people out on the street and 15-20 cop cars came and broke it up. I think the 'safest' thing I'd seen there was the racers flashing their headlights as they raced.

see thats a load of bullshit, if they ever and I mean EVER pass a law like that in PA and someone tries to take my car, theres gonna be trouble, i dont mean im gonna get pissed and fight trouble, i mean im gonna pull out a .45 and start shooting trouble. More and more the united states tries to control everything everyone does. Well thats bullshit, give a fine if its too loud, or somthin but dont try to take my shit.

And i know every single person on this forum is gonna tell me to grow up or somthin but im just stating how I feel on these kinds of things. Plus im a little mentally unstable

wow though. that chicago law kiki just mentioned is crazy. how can they do that. and to try and further understand this, if i go to chicago, and a cop walks up to my car and looks down at the two amps in my back seat, screwed to the back, and if he knows anything and sees that its more than 300 watts, he can take my car??? we should ATLEAST be able to RO SHAM BO for it.... and i get to go first

no need to apologize, glass is always here to knock ya down a peg or two.....

sorry kiki just been in a hurry the last few days. busy as hell.