Re: On Topic? Cars, anyway: 55 MPH speed limit...

Brent P wrote:
> On 2008-07-24, Leftie <No@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
>>     I've always sup****ted 55, as long as you can go 60 and be left 
>> alone. 
> 
> So long as the cops don't bother those driving at your chosen speed. How
> absurd a standard. 


    The standard is perfectly reasonable, and long-standing. It's to 
account for both speedometer error and people momentarily drifting above 
the limit. I use cruise control and know my speedometer error, so I can 
set it for 60 and know I'll be going 58. You're the one being absurd.



> 
>> I do 58-60 in the center lane on my commute (lots of off-ramps in 
>> the right lane) and idiots keep passing me on *both* sides. Americans 
>> are stupid.
> 
> That may be true generally but in this case you're driving in the wrong
> lane. Keep right except to pass. If you can't deal with the merge
> impaired go fast enough so you aren't being passed on the right. 
> 
> 
    This is how we got into the current situation: being told to crowd 
into the right-hand lane to make more room for speeders. On a 3 lane 
highway with off-ramps on the right, the right lane should be for those 
going below the limit, including those exiting or entering from ramps. 
The center lane should be for cruising at the limit or so, and the left 
lane for passing and emergency vehicles. This allows for the optimum 
flow of traffic and for maximum safety. But that's just too sensible for 
this dumbass country...