Do speed limits work anymore?

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  @luckyluke5638 · 1 year ago · pinned

  I appreciate the objectivity of this video. Usually when it comes to that topic, it's either "muh speed bad" or "muh I know how to drive"

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  @thegirthquake8574 · 1 year ago

  The biggest issue facing American drivers today is their own stupidity-- whether it be their desire to be distracted while driving, or their complete ignorance of road laws (left-lane camping, refusing to let people merge etc) bad drivers make us all unsafe.

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  @Racketeerof89 · 1 year ago

  You forgot Altima drivers with 4 bald tires slicing traffic at 90mph.

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  @brkbtjunkie · 1 year ago

  The college students that performed an experiment where they lined up on a four lane highway and went exactly 55mph showed that chaos ensued behind.

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  @devanfish2766 · 1 year ago

  The usa NEEDS an autobahn system, half of our states are literally flat straight line highways...

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  @sleepy35th · 1 year ago

  It’s the side by side drivers for me. Why the hell do people do that?

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  @TrickyThe0ne · 1 year ago

  Me going 15 over the speed limit trying to pass a group of cars going 10 under the speed limit while a big truck wanting to go 30 over is riding my ass like Miley Cyrus on that wrecking ball.

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  @MorganMagnus · 1 year ago

  You missed one massive factor. Road design. It's basic psychology and physics. People will always drive the speed they are comfortable. Adding more variables like roadside trees, narrow lanes, bump outs and chicanes, or even mixed pedestrian/car areas will make drivers slow down. But if we keep building city streets like they're 50mph highways and then slap a 30mph sign on it, we can't be at all surprised when drivers speed and people die.

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  @seagie382 · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_flFDBPZNWo&amp;t=205">3:25</a><br>Up north we use concrete. Ungrooved highways are quieter, but terrifying in the rain! No matter how fast I go, I have never hydroplaned on a highway in Michigan.

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  @bahamutbbob · 1 year ago

  I live near 270 in MD. The speed limit is 55. If you&apos;re not going 65 or 70, you&apos;re getting passed by almost everyone.

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  @jerickstudios582 · 1 year ago

  Here&apos;s how I view it:<br>1. Do NOT speed in a residential area, or on any stretch of road that is within close proximity to houses. You may hit a child, or pet, or pedestrian. Also, the noise of fast cars going by your house is really annoying.<br>2. Do not speed in unsafe conditions, such as on a road with lots of turns, or bumps, or hills, or in bad weather or heavy traffic.<br>3. If your on the freeway and there&apos;s almost no one around you and the road safe, go as fast as you want.

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  @kazekai8 · 1 year ago

  The problem is the road is not design for the speed limit they are intended for. Some roads say 35 mph but are made like wide expressway roads for 50 mph. I have been to European roads, especially the Netherlands, where the speed limit signs and roads are designed to meet the speed limit indicated. American road design is so archaic that I am not surprised this is happening.

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