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Re: Speed Limits Irrelevant?



In article <3rlbph$hsh@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu>,
Persepolis <sorandi@wam.umd.edu> wrote:

}I have seen several references to the autobahn in various posts and articles,
}but I personally feel that such a system would be impossible to port over to
}the US for the following reasons:
}	1: vehicle density on roads-- in europe cars are more equated as a

But when the vehicle density gets too great, speed limits become
irrelevant anyway, as traffic becomes congestion-limited.

}I think that on the surface many people and yourself may desire highways with
}unlimited speed limits, but I know that deep down many of such view know
}that this is a blessing in disguise and will create all sorts of new problems.

I tend to doubt things would change much at all.  Some of the people
driving 60 or 65mph specifically to avoid a ticket would speed up to a
speed they are comfortable with, but I don't think we'd create a whole
new class of maniacs.

A speed limit of 55 probably has less effect on people's actual speeds
than a speed limit of, say, 70mph would.  A speed limit in the
ballpark of speeds people would actually like to drive would probably
be acceptable to those who like to drive slightly faster, whereas
nobody likes 55mph. 


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