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Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz
Cool, care to expalin how it is that you know more about what speeds roads are safe at than say the guys who went to school for 4 years and make a living doing so?
On a side note, I'd like to know exactly where you draw the line.
Is it okay for Micael Schumacher to drive down deerfoot at 200 mph in his Ferrari? He's one of the best drivers in the world, why should anyone be able to tell him that he can't do that.
For the record yes I speed, but I don't delude myself claiming that it's safer or that I know better than the people who built the roads.
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Here come the barbs. Ouch.
I'm not saying I am smarter, I am just saying that I have never been given a suitable explanation as to how speed limits are set. The best I've gotten is "people smarter than you set them."
To be fair, I don't pretend to be a genius. But I think I can understand a logical scientific reason. I would like it explained to me.
And it may in fact be true that I do know better than people who went to school for 4 years studying roads. That's because they might take the train to work and never drive, so they don't understand reality. Just because someone is educated doesn't make them smart.
Side note: Yes I think he should be allowed to do that. If he thinks the road is able to handle a vehicle going that speed, he can handle the vehicle at that speed, and the vehicle is safe going that speed, then why should he not?
For me, speeding has been safer than following and staying in a row. It has gotten me to where I need to go faster. It has saved me time, and my time is valuable as far as I am concerned. I'm sure I'm going to take some heat for this but... if I think my time is worth more to me than someone else's time is worth to me, so if I speed and get somewhere 2 minutes faster, and then it takes them 10 seconds longer to get where they are going, I could care less.