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

>    This and your other post make it pretty clear that you are the highway

> equivalent of a Gun Nut. You don't care that the 55 limit saves both
fuel 
> and lives, and you think that the roads exist to allow people to drive 
> fast, with those following rational speed limits expected to just get
out 
> of your way.

Hrm... So why not 40mph then? That saves MORE gas and saves MORE lives?

I agree with the 85th percentile rule. Set safe, realistic speed limits. 
Nail those who go over the limit AND those who are unsafe (20 under the 
limit, lane switchers, tailgaters, etc.)