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Re: Speeding 

By: starlight in POPE IV | Recommend this post (1)
Mon, 06 Nov 17 1:45 PM | 74 view(s)
Boardmark this board | POPES NEW and Improved Real Board 		Msg. 38054 of 47202
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Micro, that's a lot of driving! I didn't know there were states with a 70 mph speed limit. I wish they would do that on the Jersey TPK. at night. They post the speed limit on electronic signs, so why not give us a break. These long trips take forever and my car feels like it's going 40 at 65. And it's counter-intuitive, but I seem to be getting higher mpg at higher speeds, too.

I was driving home from an event on LI Sat. night around 11 PM and found myself in a similar situation on the parkway. Three lanes, fair number of cars, although fairly light for LI, and they were all passing me. So I did a test. I plopped myself in the left lane and set the cruise control to 70. Pretty soon, they were all out of sight! Can't imagine how fast they were going. My conclusion is the speed limits are way too low on highways. The difference between my experience on LI and I-95 is they were tail gating me at high speed on I-95, but the drivers on LI just pass you and there's no stress. Still, relative speed is important.

I hear you on feeling guilty. I wouldn't feel guilty if they crashed from their own stupidity. But remember ribit's list of most frequent causes of crashes? Lane changes is right up there. Slow drivers should stay to the right so people don't need to pass them, especially on a two lane road.

I agree with you on slow-poke, I just felt like one going 65 with everyone else going a whole lot faster. Does bother me when they tail gate, too. I try and avoid them being behind me, within reason.

I do less than 7,000 miles/year, btw. Works out well, since there are reduced insurance rates at less than 7,500 miles/yr.

Nope, not familiar with Claire Booth Luce. . . .


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Re: Speeding
By: micro in POPE IV
Wed, 01 Nov 17 6:49 PM 		Msg. 37833 of 47202

Starlight,

While I agree with the sentiment, as I drive over 35,000 miles a year on interstates, I think your description of people who actually are going the speed limit as "slow pokes" is somewhat unfair to law abiding citizens.

The speed limit on the interstates I travel most frequently, I-71, and I-75, and I-74 are mostly 70 mph posted speed limits. Inside heavily populated areas it returns to 65 and sometimes 55. But mostly I am going from one end of a state to the extreme opposite and out in country it is 70 here in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana and West Virginia.

I normally am running at 77 MPH, 7 over the speed limit. I am being passed on occasion by people in SUV's, Pickem Up Trucks, going at least 80 or faster and they are a blur sometimes.

I also pass people going closer to the posted speed limit .
I don't think anything about it and they do not create any danger to others. They are driving LEGAL.

IF one wants to take their chances and exceed the speed limit by leaps and bounds, they do so at THEIR OWN RISK.

While today's newer vehicles can handle going faster than the posted limit, that still does not make it safe.

I actually will on occasion, especially if going on a trip with mrs. micro (who is nothing like me) I will actually set cruise control to maybe one or two MPH over the posted limit.

As long as I drive in the inside lane I am bothering nobody. If I bother a violater of the law, so what? That is their problem. They have no reason to be angry or upset.

I know a little about Washington Traffic. My daughter lived there for a couple of years. She was employed by the GAO as an attorney. She and sonny boy rented a house... Traffic is extremely heavy but then again, it is an extremely dense population per square mile.

Glad I don't drive there often and I definitely do not want to live anywhere near there either.

I understand what you are saying about keeping pace with all the others, but you really should not feel obligated.

That does not make you a slow poke. A slow poke is someone going SLOWER than the speed limit BY A LOT.

They are allowed to, but as you said, THAT presents a danger all of its own to themselves and to other motorists.

You feel free to drive at the speed you are comfortable with and please do not give a second thought to the speeders. They speed of their own free will and anything that happens to them because of that is their own doing, not yours.

Be safe and enjoy the roads!

My best,

micro...

PS: Are you familiar with Claire Booth Luce ??

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