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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ok, so theres ONE reason to live in Florida.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

The scalr is wrong. Yellow should be lower.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

In Atlanta, I've never seen anyone go 70. It's either 90mph or 10 mph.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

Who chopped the head off Maine?

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

I'll be real, I really like the 55mph county highways compared to the 65mph interstate. At 55mph you're closer to the sweet spot for fuel efficiency (for most vehicles around 45mph is the most fuel efficient speed) so you get noticably better gas milage. The 70mph interstates are generally a bit scary because going 75-80 to keep up with traffic just feels too fast and I can feel how much harder it is to control my vehicle compared to going less than 70, plus the engine works noticably harder against the wind to maintain speed.

I also witnessed a crash where a vehicle was going 80ish in a 55 zone on a beltline. They lost control while passing a vehicle, hit the barrier then careened accross three lanes of traffic pinning another vehicle against the opposite barrier. Nobody died and it appeared everyone was largely uninjured (thanks modern crash safety standards!) but the woman in the pinned vehicle was trapped. Point is, going slower they would not have lost control, or if they did they would not have crashed as badly doing so

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

The 70mph interstates are generally a bit scary because going 75-80 to keep up with traffic just feels too fast and I can feel how much harder it is to control my vehicle compared to going less than 70, plus the engine works noticably harder against the wind to maintain speed.

This very much depends on your vehicle.

[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago (4 children)

You are scared to drive 70 mph? It sounds like you need more training and/or experience driving.

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[โ€“] [email protected] -2 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Of course the least responsible is Texas.

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