70 just isnt fast enough!!
2007-01-08 00:58:28 · 10 answers · asked by Blink-Monkey-Blink 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
If not an autobahn the atleast a speed limit of 80-90
Nothing wrong with being a petrolhead, we all have our own interests!
2007-01-08 01:51:22 · update #1
Yes, we need a few roads with a minimum speed of 70 mph, no speed humps, no congestion charges, no cameras, no schoolkids/elderly/deer crossing.
Just miles and miles of empty tarmacked bliss for motorists to play on. :)
2007-01-08 02:22:24 · answer #1 · answered by Gilligan 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because speed is a big factor in fatalities during crashes. Studies show that on average the human mind (that's actually FOCUSED on driving and not texting or messing with the radio, etc.) take about 3/4 of a second to RECOGNIZE a threat. It then takes roughly another 3/4 of a second to ACT to avoid that threat. That's about 1.5 seconds time before you're altering course or slowing down. In that 1.5 seconds your car is still going directly toward the threat at the same speed. Now, lets look at why that's a problem. If you're travelling at 60 miles an hour you're going at 90 feet per second. Times that by the 1.5 seconds it will take you to even react and you'll have travelled 135 feet before you even act. Factor in how long it would take your car to brake to a stop at 60mph and that's even more distance. Now answer me this? When was the last time ANYBODY drove on the freeway with more than 135 feet between them and the next car? If you did that some jerk would just merge in and take up that space. The issue with speeding is that at a certain point, our speed is faster than our ability to mentally process and act and we crash and possibly die, or kill someone. That's why tickets are given for speeding. So we don't have to investigate an accident and then notify the parents of some kid that little Timmy isn't coming home anymore.
2016-05-23 09:41:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I drive fast, but I hear the Autobahn isn't really fast anymore due to way too much traffic. And, there are roads with higher speed limits. I'm in California and usually drive with all the other cars in my lane going about 85 to 90. Wyoming and Montana are usually about the same speed, and the cops in Montana don't seem to care, though Wyoming is a different story ... but then you have to live in these places to enjoy their laxness.
I enjoy driving fast, and it's obvious to me that a lot of other people do, too. Radar detectors are nice ...
2007-01-08 01:10:36 · answer #3 · answered by M H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have the space and the infrastructure why not.
German autobahns are indeed without speed limit but for that they are super well maintained, wide lanes, often have 4 lanes (sometimes up to 5), they have sloped curves like at a racing circuit at certain places. Imagine trying to upgrade your current motorways or building new ones to accomplish this. you're looking at years and years of work and just as much time traffic problems due to road works. If you're willing to suffer that no problem by me.
2007-01-08 01:10:14 · answer #4 · answered by peter gunn 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most Americans are incapable of maintaining control of a car at autobahn speeds. Our current licensing system rewards stupidity, so even if a driver was capable of sustained autobahn-like speeds, that person would be sharing the road with a collection of idiot teenagers, stoners, drunks, 90 year olds, and all manner of people who could not pass anything close to a German driving test. The federal, state, and local governments are incapable of maintaining roads that could sustain high-speed traffic, and in their current configuration, American highways are simply not designed for high-speed traffic. They would need to be rebuilt completely. To pay for it, our motor fuels would cost at least twice what they do now, simply due to taxes.
2007-01-08 01:44:06 · answer #5 · answered by Me again 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it will never happen, and 70 is fast enough. The fact is the majority of people don't actually travel at 70 on a motorway, do they?If you put the speed limit up you'll get people thinking they can do 110, 120 mph and get away with it.
2007-01-08 01:06:05 · answer #6 · answered by Billybob 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
70 is fast enough petrolhead. 50 to 60 is more envionmentally friendly.
2007-01-08 01:12:05 · answer #7 · answered by Charles D 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Beaause there are too many drivers in this country that cannot drive, and will end up on them causing big problems.
2007-01-08 01:13:21 · answer #8 · answered by done wrenching 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
either go to the dessert or get a car fast enought that no one can catch
2007-01-08 01:25:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I completely agree. Now THAT'S a highway I wouldn't mind paying tolls for
2007-01-08 01:05:36 · answer #10 · answered by Mister 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋