Speeding Kills: Your Pocketbook

[butters]

The posted sign was 20mph so I went 20mph all the way up it.

Do you know that ramp speed signs, in yellow and with out "speed limit" text, are only cautionary and not enforceable? They are to let you know the severity of the bend and/or changing speed zone ahead. If you take that ramp faster you are not breaking the law. In fact, I'd say you made yourself seem sketchy and aroused suspicion with such a blatant attempt at overt lawfulness.

[JBird]

Speed limits are a racket!! Just like the college textbook business, just like war, just like a lot of other things.

[joeythekid031]

The main problem is that this guy expects the people in charge to actually think. This guy probably put three times the effort into this video than those who made the speed limits did when they made them. Great video, you can tell he put a lot of work into it.

[chance]

I like the videos suggestion of more and better driver training.

If people would not drive like fucktards, pay attention to driving, look beyond the car infront of them and anticipate what other drivers might do instead of just reacting, then the roads would be safer too.

My dad had a friend who was a traffic engineer and I met them for lunch once. I asked him how they come up with speed limits, because I always speed and think they are too low
He basically told me in simplified terms, they figure out the max speed you could safely drive on a road surface in perfect conditions then divide it in half. Then adjust it for tge suroundings like traffic and pedestrian traffic.

That being said, I speed everywhere. 10-15 over on major through fares, 80-90 on the freeway if that is the flow of traffic's speed.

I keep it at or below the limit in residential streets and school zones.

It does not really effect my milage any more than getting out of sync with the traffic lights.

Pretty much exactly how I drive. 55 on a 10 lane hwy is absurd. I dont understand how me doing 90 focusing 100% on the road and my surroundings is "extremely deadly" but doing 50 while talking on the phone, eating, and trying to operate a GPS is so much safer.

Our government is full of retards.

[FlexdXJ]

In the 13 years I've been driving I've never had a ticket, only been pulled over for a headlight out on the Jeep and for an expired plate I didn't know about(thanks mom). 5-7 over and they pretty well leave you alone around here. I do think we need an Autobahn type road in the US. One where you gotta pay a bunch of money every year to drive on it. You know, to keep the tards off of it.

[TheTacoMan]

Look at germany for example, must better driver training and also much more difficult to obtain a license. Theres a reason why they have no speed limits, autobahn. I would agree that alot of drivers are terrible, mainly the soccer moms scare me the most. Always merging and not seeing the little e30.

[Cambiocorsa]

Your not very bright are you.

You didn't watch the video did you?

[naplesE30]

Your not very bright are you.

That is why it is called a speed "limit". It is the maximum recommended speed. Not the speed that all vehicles should travel at. Of course a heavily laden truck is not worthy of driving at the "limit", it never should be and that is the point.

[agent]

I speed everywhere. 10-15 over on major through fares, 80-90 on the freeway if that is the flow of traffic's speed.

I keep it at or below the limit in residential streets and school zones.

This. Considering all of the performance and safety advances in vehicles since the majority of speed limit standards were put in place, it's past time for those standards to be revised.

[Cambiocorsa]

I think you gotta take into account the variety of vehicles traveling the roads as well. A beat to shit box truck loaded with product aint gonna take a corner like your car does. Speed limits are intended for all vehicles and scanarios. So of course they are going to seem low. You cant have 10 different signs for each class of vehicle and environmental condition.

That is why it is called a speed "limit". It is the maximum recommended speed. Not the speed that all vehicles should travel at. Of course a heavily laden truck is not worthy of driving at the "limit", it never should be and that is the point.

[naplesE30]

I think you gotta take into account the variety of vehicles traveling the roads as well. A beat to shit box truck loaded with product aint gonna take a corner like your car does. Speed limits are intended for all vehicles and scanarios. So of course they are going to seem low. You cant have 10 different signs for each class of vehicle and environmental condition.

[KIRIEIW]

He was being sarcastic

ahh i see, sarcasm on the internet is hard to catch sometimes

[TurboJake]

i do almost the opposite, you NEVER admit to a cop what you were doing wrong, let him tell you what you did and you can go back and fourth with him trying to explain what you were doing was unintentional or what ever it is your going to tell him, admititing what you did is possibly the worst thing you can do especially with there new recorders they have on them (CA), if you went to court saying you didn't do what he pulled you over for they have it on tape of you admitting too it. i also go to court to request fine reductions, cops might be "haters" but judges can be pretty cool if you see the right one. :up:

Absolutely, never admit ANYTHING. You're just out to make them laugh and a "Get out of jail" card isn't admitting a thing.

:up:

[Bimmerista]

I don't speed often, but there are certain places & scenarios that I'm comfortable speeding.

More often than not, I'll end up with a pack of other drivers that speed, so I blend in.

[10Toes]

I use to get speeding tickets all the time. All 100% my fault. I got sick of sending my money to the state, plus I realized it isn't that hard to drive the posted speed limits. Even though some may seem really low. I still get where I'm going on time, I'm more relaxed, and I got more money in my pockets.

Agreed, We have this issue in our area. People tailgate incessantly and when they pass you at the next light they are right in front of you.

I just can't stand the running red lights the no blinkers and so forth.

often speed limits are too low - but not always. in fact, sometimes they are actually too high - around here, I can think of several places where people drive WAY too fast and there's no enforcement. Then I go the speed limit and they're riding my ass and swerving back and forth wishing they could go around me.

and out in the county, it's always posted 35. often 40-50 is OK if there's just fields and cows, but I don't like flying by people's homes with the loud pedal to the max. Especially since there aren't exactly a lot of cars like mine in the area (zero), people will recognize you after a while, I don't want to be "that dumb kid in the silver BMW". I know they'd remember me because I remember the idiots that drove by my old house at 65mph every day.

the freeway here is posted 70. that's fast enough for me - maybe I'll hit 75 or 80 passing somebody. there's always somebody willing to fly by at 90mph in a Prius though. I'm with Jason and M-technik-3 on that one - I prefer not stressing about it.

basically this issue seems important to you when you're young, but when you get older you stop caring. I probably deserve 5x as many tickets as I've actually gotten when I was young.. I'd rather spend that money on beer or E30 parts. :p