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Originally Posted by Daox
the idea that speed limits are there to conserve fuel is absolute bull.
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Yup. If that were the case the speed limit would be 50 mph.
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Originally Posted by dcb
Nobody should pander to speeders in the name of safety ?!?
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We should absolutely try to appease speeders in the name of safety, because who doesn't love irony?
Some people have alluded to drivers having some obligation to maintain a speed close to the flow of traffic in the name of safety. I think it is common sense but I will state anyway that it is the responsibility of any driver on a highway to be prepared to encounter slower moving vehicles without hitting them. What about 18 wheelers on hills that are not able to maintain a speed anywhere near the speed limit? Why is someone in a car obligated to maintain a certain speed just because they can? Some states do post minimum speeds on freeways. Vermont for example is either 40 or 45, can't remember which. I think that is reasonable. I don't see why you shouldn't be allowed to drive 50 mph on a highway if you keep to the right.
FYI: There is no such thing as a "slow lane" or a "fast lane". There are travel lanes and passing lanes, and the speed limit is the same in all of them.