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Conflict of Interest 3171Arif Khokar Irrelevant. Currently no state limit is set faster than 75 mph... and won't be in our lifetimes. When they eliminated the speed limit entirely on Montana's interstates and state highways they...
Anomolies exist...?
But I think your buttessments might be extrapolated from brief observations of both locations and probably not as accurate as you might feel. Personally, I rarely see drivers operating below the speed limit. I base that on always (the last 22 years and 0.75 million miles anyway) driving pretty close to the limit and not often overtaking another vehicle... and almost always having a vehicle approaching from the rear at an easily discernable higher velocity.
I don't know *where* you live with your "footpaths" and "km-h's" but here in the US the pedestrian is generally considered the lowest form of life. Driving a little slower just to add a margin of safety to poor children's play areas might add 2-3 seconds to a person's arrival at the next traffic control device! Are you daft, man? It's not tolerated here and the concept couldn't be held more in contempt by the loudest mouths in this NG.
Speed, man, is all that matters here and if you should have a different opinion or driving style you're merely a Sloth, a danger to all those to whom the right-of-way must be yielded. -----
- gpsman
