Posted on 08/21/2013 7:36:49 AM PDT by Sopater
I'm not sure most drivers could, though. You're getting into some sort of squirrely territory in triple digits, where poorly maintained vehicles get drivers into a lot of trouble very quickly. That said, they manage it pretty nicely in Germany but those roads are in prime condition and the left-lane folks seem to know what they're doing, at least in my limited experience.
But 70, meh. The whole country is doing 70 now. Or more. Sometimes a lot more. Not that I would know, because I have never driven over the speed limit. Officer.
My last two cars have been German and the owner's manuals of both give/gave specific instructions regarding tire inflation when your speed is expected to exceed 100mph.
The little stretch of road between Nevada and Idaho Falls is 85 miles of nothing. I used to go 90 mph on there regular - passing was up over 110mph.
The problem is stopping.
Double-Nickle was a Nixon invention.
“Cars today could safely do 120 on a good freeway”
Driving between Chatanooga and Nashville, I saw a sign, “Nashville, 120 miles.”
I thought, “I can be there in an hour” and cranked the LS 400 up to 120. At about 90, I could feel the aerodynamics come into play, as the car really came into it’s own! Then, rational thought came into play, and I slowed back down. But the car did feel even safer at 120 then at 80.
Bias from the first word in the first sentence.
Carter was indeed and still is...an idiot
But Congress in1974 drafted and enacted the Emergency Highway Energy Conservation act requiring a national 55mph speed limit and Richard Nixon signed it into law
Wisconsin is a bit slow on this
Nixon actually had in 1973 pushed for 50mph.....even worse
Too many idiots to go around
We just ignored it mostly and went 65 or so
Higher out west
Biggest fear is animals crossing the road.
Multiply that danger by 10 and you have a Wisconsin road a dusk. One summer we counted 50 dear on a 100 mile stretch of Wi. rural road.
Sorry
Late to the party
Carter still idiot though
Austin has 85 speed limit fo wheel?
:: If Wisconsin is anything like Michigan, 70 wont be nearly high enough for them. ::
Sure, but you will still travel at 66 MPH in the left hand lane between Watervliet and Detroit behind 40+ vehicles on I-94.
Yes. It is a toll road that bypasses Austin on the east side.
Only a myopic liberal idiot would have problems with 75mph by guessing at what they think will happen when all they have to do is look at all the other States with 75mph limits and know what does or does not happen.
Colorado has 75mph and crashes and accidents are almost always unrelated to the speed limit as they happen well under 75mpg. Speeding is not that much of a concern at all, either. It is rare I see someone going over 85mph, and when they do we are all going 85mph in uncongested traffic.
I’m planning to be in the Austin area in early September so I may have make a point of driving on that road.
Normal freeway cruising speed in GA is 80 MPH, urban/suburban areas included.
The Yoopers (on the U.P) call their brothers in the south Trolls - they live under the (Mackinac) bridge.
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