“If a vehicle is driving 50 mph in a 60 mph zone and I am limited to 60mph, if I try and pass him at 60 I will be in the opposite lane for an extended period of time.”
My understanding is that you are not technically allowed to exceed the speed limit ever, and that includes passing. I think police let this one go, but they don’t, technically, have to and could write a ticket for passing at greater than the posted speed.
My concern is, if someone is chasing you with intent to kill, you can’t push the limit to save your life? Okay, that means I’ll start carrying an extra magazine. There are so many places in modern life where following the rules exactly as written would be crazy.
There’s an insane number of new laws passed every year, and you’ll find them at all levels of government and, governmental departments. It reminds me of when I was tasked with reviewing all of the corporate policies at General Dynamics. I created a matrix of diametrically opposed rules and regulations the doing of which, or the failure to do them could both result in dismissal. My boss took the list and laughed out loud. He said, “Yeah, how about that?” My interpretation was the gotcha coming or going was a feature, not a bug. Same thing here.
I believe you are correct about exceeding the limit when passing. Guess we just wait until we get to one of those passing zones eh? LOL! And I’m sure you mean extra 10 rd mags right?
“ My understanding is that you are not technically allowed to exceed the speed limit ever, and that includes passing.”
Then, why does my speedometer go to 140 MPH??
Leave my Mustang alone!!