From: roamingfreeman@gmail.com   
      
   On Monday, December 15, 2014 5:17:24 PM UTC-5, thekma...@gmail.com wrote:   
   > Alan Baker:   
   >    
   > My thoughts on speed limits.   
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   >    
   > 1.  65 is the new 55mph.  30 is the new 25(except in NY city! lol)  What I   
   mean is, cars since built since 2000 are much more stable and better power to   
   weight ratio.  Are most speed limits today a *little* conservatively set? I   
   think so.  It's a road    
   by road basis.   
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   >    
   > 2.  Speed is only part of the equation in accident causality - what besides   
   the road and driving, is occupying the driver's attention.  Phones, texting,   
   kids acting like monkeys at the zoo, and of course good ol' DUI.  All the   
   speed you're going at    
   determines, when something does happen, is how f'd-up you'll be afterwards.    
   And seatbelts and airbags will protect you, up to a point.  Size and weight of   
   what you're in determines how well it will hold up at any given speed.   
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   >    
   > I tend to drive around 5mph above most PSL(posted speed limits), and that's   
   going with the flow, and cops leave you alone.  If it's raining or snowing, I   
   go by feel - am I still in control? - Then I might lower it to PSL or even   
   just below.   That's    
   why I don't like power steering - especially the electric PS on most new cars   
   you buy today, feels like a mushy damn VIDEO GAME wheel.  There's no road feel   
   coming through the floor or the wheel in my hands.  That road feel, besides my   
   eyes and ears,    
   tells me what's reasonable for me, not a number on a sign.  Know your ride,   
   that's my advice.   
      
   Around here 45 is the new 30 mph. Left to their own will, they do whatever   
   they want. Many accidents around here are awful and people are intimidated   
   from crossing the street. Yesterday a car hit two or three light poles and   
   they were all lying down.    
      
   Occasionally they get a ticket here and there but that's not an effective   
   deterrent. Speeding cameras are a reality in Chicago and are said that they   
   will be implemented across the nation. They are in place in Europe but must   
   announce their location.    
   What kind of give away is that?   
      
   One affluent community around here (populated by doctors and lawyers) lowered   
   their speed limit to 20 mph. And if you live in a gated community, expect 15   
   mph limits. It seems money buys you safer communities.   
      
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