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Originally Posted by R N M
Really so you drive only 5-9mph over speed limit lol.
Try this on a major highway like LIE here in NY when its not bumper to bumper. Everyone is doing way over speed limit like 65-80mph at least in a 55mph zone. There are 4 lanes on each side, almost impossible to drive at only 55mph, hence why these speed limits are idiotic and strictly for revenue and not at all about safety.
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Yeah, almost always someone is boasting this in one of these threads and every single time I go to said major city, it's never what they are claiming. It's like they have to come up with some kind of means to justify the speeds they are driving at. Every time it's the same damn thing, most of the people on the road are driving 5-10 above or less, not more.
And this is where these kinds of laws (speed cams, etc.) come from, they aren't trying to lessen the amount of crashes, they are trying to lessen the severity, the loss of life associated with severe impacts at high speed. The reason these places (major city highways) are being targeted is due to the amount of people this affects. Almost no one cares if you go speeding in Nevada on a desolate highway. Almost, there are always exceptions, but you are much less likely to kill or injure someone else.