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Originally Posted by REDVAN
I would be very interested in talking to a civil engineer who designs roads and sets speed limits. I think sometimes they are just set a certain way because it seems like that is a 70 road. Not because going 80 would not be safe. Just because it looked like a 70 road.
I guess my main point with arguing FOR speeding, is that I don't think it should be so illegal. It should be more of a guideline. Most people would still follow it. But when I can go faster I like to. I am talking about safely too: when the roads are dry and clear, and they aren't jam packed. I am not all about being a total jackass. I just like getting to where I am going fastly.
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I'd be interested in that discussion as well; I'd side more along the lines of there being a better reason than it looks a certain way - I know what you're saying - but I think there must be a great deal of technical thought that goes into designing roads and choosing speed limits.
On a level I can understand the idea of making it more of a guideline - perhaps a floating speed limit based on road conditions where it goes up under decent conditions and down on bad conditions, but I have little faith in the average driver (like today for example) adjusting their speed appropriately in bad conditions.
Since we're starting this so open-minded, I've always been curious about the mentality of speeding, because simple arithmetic shows that it doesn't save a lot of time and I know I've seen studies that show that gas consumption increases dramatically when your vehicle is travelling much more than 100 km/h or so (I think it might be even lower). Is it worth the additional financial cost there? Like I said earlier, to me, all of the potential costs - increased maintenance, increased gas consumption, increased risk of accident or speeding ticket - are by far outweighed by any potential benefits.