1911Tuner
Moderator Emeritus
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Lucky wrote:
>I traveled in Montana when they had no speed limits, and guess what - I'm still here to talk about it.<
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Okay. Montana is another one that had no posted speed limits at one time...but the point wasn't about no limits on certain roads. It was in response to the disinformation about there being no speed limits on highways 30 years ago...and there assuredly were on 98% of the roads in America.
And...maybe part of the reason was that the states with no posted limits on certain roads noticed a higher number of fatalities per accident...and decided that an American Autobahn wasn't such a good idea.
Don't get me wrong. I used to be a speed demon, and it didn't go away until I was way past the age to stop such foolishness. I'm actually very lucky to be alive, given that I had no fear of anything below 150 mph. In fact, if I were to give in to temptation and go buy one of those Hemi-Powered Concept Challengers...I'd probably fall right back into old patterns. But the fact stands. High speeds kill more frequently in highway accidents...and speed multiplies the driver error, making an accident more likely.
Lucky wrote:
>I traveled in Montana when they had no speed limits, and guess what - I'm still here to talk about it.<
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Okay. Montana is another one that had no posted speed limits at one time...but the point wasn't about no limits on certain roads. It was in response to the disinformation about there being no speed limits on highways 30 years ago...and there assuredly were on 98% of the roads in America.
And...maybe part of the reason was that the states with no posted limits on certain roads noticed a higher number of fatalities per accident...and decided that an American Autobahn wasn't such a good idea.
Don't get me wrong. I used to be a speed demon, and it didn't go away until I was way past the age to stop such foolishness. I'm actually very lucky to be alive, given that I had no fear of anything below 150 mph. In fact, if I were to give in to temptation and go buy one of those Hemi-Powered Concept Challengers...I'd probably fall right back into old patterns. But the fact stands. High speeds kill more frequently in highway accidents...and speed multiplies the driver error, making an accident more likely.