Originally posted by gwellington:
As I've said before, most of you guys get so wound over illegal immigrants, "welfare cheats", anyone who would dare to break the Law Of America, and your next post is "I got caught speeding, how do I get out of it." Can't have it both ways.
Do you drive faster than the posted limit? Of course you do. We all do. The point about moaning about speeding is we hate getting caught. Unless the conditions are poor, curvy road, or a lot of traffic, most roads are rated for speeds much higher than the limits set.
How many 35 mph 6 lane roads have you traveled on when there is nobody around? If it is 2 am and I'm doing 50 on said road....and nobody is at risk....why enforce the speed limit? Why enforce the limit if the person is obviously driving normal and not doing anything other than exceeding a artificially low limit?
These are the reasons we all get mad when we get caught.
In a perfect world, there would be no speed limits, rather speed recommendations. When you drive on any road you notice those steel squares in the pavement. Those are speed monitoring stations. They are all over here on I-95 in Florida. The FDOT knows the average speed of cars going over those sensors. The speed limit used to be 55 and they finally raised it to 65 several years back. I saw a copy of the study, and the average speed in most areas was 75 mph. So obviously a far greater majority of drivers speed than not. Why? Because they are traveling at speeds that are most comfortable for them and the road is designed to have cars traveling at that speed. I've read a zillion studies on driver habits and there is one factor determining the speed of vehicles down a road. Driver comfort.
I read how they kept tinkering with different speed limits to see the effect on vehicle speed for a particular section of roadway. It was found that most cars drove the same speed regardless of what the limit was set at.
My point is, when the limit was 55 the powers that be were convinced that if the limit was raised.....accident rates would increase because "speed kills." Not true, since the raising of legal limits, accident rates and deaths of continued to decrease steadily. Why? Drivers are more comfortable at a certain speed on whatever road it may be. Also, technology of today's vehicles, in emergency lane change maneuvers, braking and better tires have all made driving safer. Thus with safer cars comes safer roads. Thus, people feel safer driving at a speed that they are most comfortable with.
Phew....sorry guys. :p
Carry on!!!
