From: turnkey@q.com   
      
   On Friday, February 28, 2014 1:03:02 PM UTC-8, nospam wrote:   
   > In article , Jolly Roger   
   >  wrote:   
       
   > > The problem with existing laws is they aren't reliably enforced. In many   
   > > states in the U.S., for instance, it's common to see many drivers   
   > > exceeding the speed limit (sometimes in excess of 10+ miles over the   
   > > limit), and even when a police officer is driving amongst them, no stops   
   > > are made.   
       
   > exceeding the speed limit is not in itself dangerous.   
   > in fact, in many situations, driving faster than the number on the sign   
   > can be safer if that number was not based on a valid speed survey and   
   > is underposted, rather than determined by political pressures, and that   
   > happens more than many people realize.    
      
   > speeding is basically revenue enhancement.    
   > every single driver has driven faster than the posted speed limit at   
   > one time or another. they're not necessarily driving unsafely, it's   
   > just faster than a number on a sign, which may itself be invalid for a   
   > given road.   
      
      
      
   On most highways in non congested conditions, the safest speed is "the flow",   
   i.e., the speed most traffic is moving.  That is almost always above the   
   posted byi about 10%, i.e., posted 60, the flow will be about 65-66.  I have   
   heard reports of the flow    
   being grossly over the posted but in my long life of driving an all states I   
   have never encountered it.  Nothing more annoying on a two lane road to come   
   up to someone plugging along at the posted with traffic backed up behind him   
   trying to get around.   
      
   "speed kills" is a familiar cry but it doesn't, "stopping to fast kills" :)   
      
   Harry K   
      
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