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Driver Told He Is Stealing If Drives 54 MPH in A 55 MPH Zone
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<blockquote data-quote="&#039;Lord Brown&#039;s bidding&#039;" data-source="post: 1151908" data-attributes="member: 32753"><p>I've mentioned this before: studies show speeders actually have a lesser chance of dying than those who routinely drive slower than the speed limit. Counter-intuitive, I know......Speed is irrelevant, unless everyone is traveling at an unsafe speed. However, most people intuitively travel at a speed that they can <strong>comfortably</strong> maintain and control their vehicle; it is why <strong>83% of <em>all</em> drivers-commercial and personal-drive faster than the speed limit.</strong> It has been suggested numerous times, by the DOT among others, that the speed limits on much of the nation's highways are set too <strong>low,</strong>which causes an unsafe driving environment that really needs to be corrected. It has <em>not</em> for the same reason there will never be a cure for cancer or AIDS: there is too much money being made with the way things are.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I do note there are times where special circumstances exist that require certain vehicles to travel no more than a certain speed; going up-and-down grades for example. Physics dictate they can't go above a certain a limit and be controlled. However, I posit that feeder drivers won't lose their jobs going slower than everyone else on a grade, or in the rain; they will doing the speed limit in ideal driving conditions with everyone else-including other truck drivers-safely going 65mph (and please, the speed limit under normal circumstances, <em>has nothing to do with safety!</em>)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="'Lord Brown's bidding', post: 1151908, member: 32753"] I've mentioned this before: studies show speeders actually have a lesser chance of dying than those who routinely drive slower than the speed limit. Counter-intuitive, I know......Speed is irrelevant, unless everyone is traveling at an unsafe speed. However, most people intuitively travel at a speed that they can [B]comfortably[/B] maintain and control their vehicle; it is why [B]83% of [I]all[/I] drivers-commercial and personal-drive faster than the speed limit.[/B] It has been suggested numerous times, by the DOT among others, that the speed limits on much of the nation's highways are set too [B]low,[/B]which causes an unsafe driving environment that really needs to be corrected. It has [I]not[/I] for the same reason there will never be a cure for cancer or AIDS: there is too much money being made with the way things are. I do note there are times where special circumstances exist that require certain vehicles to travel no more than a certain speed; going up-and-down grades for example. Physics dictate they can't go above a certain a limit and be controlled. However, I posit that feeder drivers won't lose their jobs going slower than everyone else on a grade, or in the rain; they will doing the speed limit in ideal driving conditions with everyone else-including other truck drivers-safely going 65mph (and please, the speed limit under normal circumstances, [I]has nothing to do with safety![/I]) [/QUOTE]
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