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

"Leftie" <No@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> 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...
>

You must be the Cornjulio that clogs up the middle lane on the I-290.  And

you'll note I honk dididahdit dididah as I pass you on the RIGHT. (And
don't 
even THINK about stealing my toilet paper!)

The left lane is Rock and Roll.  The Easy Listening lane is over on the 
shoulder.  Especially in Chicago.

As I've often said, there are two kinds of drivers on Chicago expressways:

The Quick and The Dead.  You ain't quick.  You're actually a traffic 
obstacle.  Especially on some of the tollways, where the average speed is
75 
at times.

I thought 55 was a stupid idea.  Even when I was driving my 1501 (One of 
those $3748 1979 Toyota Corolla specials, no carpet, no 5th gear, a little

1.2 engine.)  I still was going faster than that, although getting her
over 
65 was tough.

You're not absurd, you're one of those traffic turds that end up causing 
others to get into accidents.

Charles the Curmudgeon.