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[Belsnickel]

(10-13-2015, 12:19 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: I think traffic can dictate its own pace. It's not like we all are going to turn into nascar drivers all of a sudden. Especially on interstates.

If there is no one else on the road, why I am forced to drive 55? Car insurance is already forced on us all, so there is no need to have speed limits. Plus the police can increase patrols in their areas for actual crime.

(10-13-2015, 07:30 PM)PhilHos Wrote: Lucie's got a point. Most people already drive above the speed limit and the Speed Racers already do 90-100 MPH. 

I've worked too many wrecks caused by excessive speeds to be on board with this. But I'm one of those drivers that actually obeys the speed limit and keeps an appropriate distance between myself and the car in front of me. Honestly, that is what concerns me more than anything. People driving 80 mph with 1-2 car lengths between them and the car in front of them.

[HarleyDog]

(10-06-2015, 01:32 PM)Blutarsky Wrote:

I love this!

[SunsetBengal]

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[6andcounting]

(10-13-2015, 11:45 AM)StLucieBengal Wrote: Do we really need speed limits on interstates? Or highways for that matter.

Heading to the Pittsburgh International Airport the speed limit suddenly drops from 55 to 40. Guess where the road pirates sit? It's a straight shot so doing 75 is no more dangerous than the arbitrarly chosen 55 mph limit.

[Rotobeast]

(10-13-2015, 12:19 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: I think traffic can dictate its own pace.   It's not like we all are going to turn into nascar drivers all of a sudden.   Especially on interstates.    

If there is no one else on the road, why I am forced to drive 55?  Car insurance is already forced on us all,  so there is no need to have speed limits.   Plus the police can increase patrols in their areas for actual crime.

I think 70 is a good spot to stick with.
The condition of some of the vehicles on the highways are horrible and likely wouldn't hold together very long, going a higher speed.
So, without extensive vehicle inspections, I don't think I could endorse a removal of limits.
I DO support looking into the speed traps that are established, where the speed is reduced by more than 10 mph by municipalities.

[Bengalzona]

[Bengalzona]

(10-13-2015, 11:45 AM)StLucieBengal Wrote: Do we really need speed limits on interstates?  Or highways for that matter.

I just got back from a trip to Europe.

1) Yes, we can live without highway speed limits. In most European countries, driving rules are just 'guidelines' or 'hopes' anyway.

2) No, we would not want to see the massive body count that would result in us eventually emulating the Europeans. They have been doing it for years. We would be a mess.

[*Nately120*]

(10-13-2015, 07:30 PM)PhilHos Wrote: Lucie's got a point. Most people already drive above the speed limit and the Speed Racers already do 90-100 MPH. 

I assume it was more like when the speed limit is 55 people want to drive 70 and when it is 65 people want to drive 80 and so on.  

[Bengalzona]

[GMDino]

From the comment section where I found the above photo:

"The only way to stop a bad guy with a car (speeder) is a good guy with a bigger faster car to ram him..." LMAO!

[GMDino]

[Belsnickel]

(10-14-2015, 01:46 AM)Bengalzona Wrote: I just got back from a trip to Europe.

1) Yes, we can live without highway speed limits. In most European countries, driving rules are just 'guidelines' or 'hopes' anyway.

2) No, we would not want to see the massive body count that would result in us eventually emulating the Europeans. They have been doing it for years. We would be a mess.

The driving culture there is so much different. We could not handle autobahn rules here.

[GMDino]

[GMDino]

[*PhilHos*]

(10-14-2015, 10:42 AM)GMDino Wrote:

Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo true.

[Rotobeast]

(10-14-2015, 12:50 PM)PhilHos Wrote: Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo true.

Agreeeeeeeeed !

*Sidenote*: How horrible is it that, on my phone, I thought the author of the quote was David Allen Coe ?

[GMDino]

(10-14-2015, 01:43 PM)Rotobeast Wrote: Agreeeeeeeeed !

*Sidenote*: How horrible is it that, on my phone, I thought the author of the quote was David Allen Coe ?

I bet that quote would be WAY different if that were the case! 

[Rotobeast]

(10-14-2015, 01:46 PM)GMDino Wrote: I bet that quote would be WAY different if that were the case! 

Only if it were an older quote.
He has changed his ways (supposedly) and refuses to play any of his controversial songs.
I honestly don't know a lot about him.
I had only really been exposed to him, about 5 years ago, from my wife.
I never realized how many popular songs he wrote.

[JustWinBaby]

(10-14-2015, 02:16 PM)Rotobeast Wrote: I never realized how many popular songs he wrote.

Only the greatest country and western song ever.


But one of his worst songs (which if you've heard it, you know the one I'm talking about) almost seems like a parody.  Yeah, it's racist, but there's also no way a racist would ever be singing what that song is about.  I think it's hilarious and LMAO every time I hear it, and I suppose if he were a black comedian it might be ok but not an old white guy singing country. 

I get the joke and realize it's not exactly making fun of ignorance or the stereotype....but man the first time you hear it is just so unexpected and so over the top I might think you're a racist if you DIDN'T laugh.

[SunsetBengal]

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