Radar Detector Recomendation

I'm sorry Jim, but someone obeying the law is not the one responsible
(take note of that word) for causing the collision(s). The ones responsible
for the collision(s) are the people who aren't willing to obey the law.

 

Nobody said you had to change anything.

And hey, my license is clean too! Now that the seat belt and speeding
charges have finally aged off, that is. ;^)

 

What difference does it make why the limits were set? If the limits are
bad limits, complain to you elected officials. Or become an elected
official.

Jeff

 

I think I smell one of those guys who camp out in the passing lane
self-righteously driving exactly the speed limit, forming a rolling
roadblock for everyone behind them. Used to be a lot of that during the 55
mph days. Less now, but still a few left.

Texas passed a "road-rage" law a few years ago that includes a $200 fine for
camping out in the passing lane. Regardless of your speed, if you are
passed on the right, you have committed the violation. The reason for this:
in some cases the one driving the speed limit was the one responsible for
causing the collision.

 

I took it as being suggested. Sorry.

It's freshly cleaned <g>.

 

I have no complaints about the speed limits. I operate my vehicles
within the limitations happily watching the morons flying by, and down the
road ending up beside them at the next red light.

 

When you're injured or worse, who care's who is responsible? Hurt is hurt.
I'd rather not be hurt. If the prevailing speed is 7 over on a particular
highway, I'll do 7 over. Righteous indignation won't cover my ass.

 

"speeding" is usually just ignoring an arbitrary number painted on a road
sign. No actual relation to road safety.In many urban areas,sticking to the
speed limit actually makes things MORE unsafe.It causes traffic to bunch
up.That's more unsafe than the "speeding".

I suspect "Dan C." speeds too. ONE mph over the SL -IS- "speeding".


Even police speed,both on-duty and off-duty,even when not needed for work
purposes.

Hairballs in the throat of traffic.

 

that's NAIVE at best.
55mph -used- to be the National Motor Speed Limit(NMSL);before that many
highways were posted 70-75 mph.
Were they "unsafe" before the 55 NMSL? No.
And much later,speed limits got changed back to 65-70 mph in most non-
Socialist states.
Traffic deaths continued to decrease.

BUT,the Unintended Consequence of the 55 NMSL was that LANE DISCIPLINE was
lost forever. 55 NMSL brought about the self-rightous LLB,Left Lane
Blocker,and passing on the right,necessary to get around LLBs.

Look at Germany's Autobahn;they have lane discipline,and higher traffic
speeds.

Who still doesn't have the authority to alter posted speed limits.
Most SLs come from traffic "engineering" manuals.
To deviate from them usually requires a legislative majority to vote to
change them.

 

there's a website just for people like you brian: sanctimoniousclaptrap.com

 

you're projecting there dan because what you describe is not what i'm
experiencing. you might want to see a therapist about that.

dude, alameda is on the 880, not 580. you're lucky to ever reach 55 on
880, but if you do, you'd better be sure to keep up with the guys in front.

how odd - i drove down three weekends ago, and was barely keeping up
with traffic at 95 on the 15 headed into town on the friday evening. do
you think my speedometer was showing 40 over? can you check it for me
please?

 

see previous post. oh, and my grandmother has gotten multiple tickets
for "not keeping up with prevailing traffic". guess what speed she
drives...

 

how about the law that states you need to keep up with the prevailing
speed of traffic?

 

as i understand it, you can post lower limits, not higher.

 

I looked for the site. It doesn't exist. However, you're able to make it
your own site, if you want.

Jeff

 

Let's see the tickets where it says that.

 

What are the Socialist states?

Traffic deaths decreased in large part because of cars that were able to
protect their occupants better, as well as using safety equipment and
decreasing drunk driving.

ROTFL. You should write to Dave Letterman. He can use it for his show.

That's because of laws, which are made legislators, who are elected
officials.

And who votes for the legislature?

Jeff

 

Reworded:
Driving at the prevailing speed of traffic is safe.

This premise is abundantly supported by readily available evidence.

Do you know Latin?

Lex mala, lex nulla.

Just because a bunch of guys got together and wrote some stuff down on a
piece of paper does not mean they knew what they were doing.

Are you a Weberian? Or a Prussian? You must be either, or both.

 

You are aware that exessively low speed limits are associated with
increased collisions due to inattention?

 

she's 600 miles away and i don't get tickets like that, so forgive my
laziness if i don't head on down there just because you can't be
bothered to look up something simple like ca vehicle code 21654(a).

now, you go ahead and tell me your state doesn't have an equivalent.