How fast do you drive on the freeway?
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Wouldn't the easiest way of having everyone travel at the same speed be to stick to that 'arbitrary speed' then to ask people to constantly break the law to stick to the random speed that everyone else on the road has decided to drive at?
I can't answer the poll because I drive in countries with very different limits.
I usually follow the rate of traffic, or if there is no traffic, ~110% of the limit, or limit + 10km/h, whichever is lower (assuming good driving conditions).
I was driving in France last month, where the limit is a reasonable 130 km/h (80mph), and I might have maxed out at 150 km/h (~93mph), but for the most part I was just below 140 (~87mph).
Then this past weekend, driving in Japan where the limits are absurdly low, I was driving between 100 and 120 (~62–75mph) on highways limited between 60 and 80 (~37–50mph), because that's what the rate of traffic was (nobody follows the speed limits in Japan).
I usually follow the rate of traffic, or if there is no traffic, ~110% of the limit, or limit + 10km/h, whichever is lower (assuming good driving conditions).
I was driving in France last month, where the limit is a reasonable 130 km/h (80mph), and I might have maxed out at 150 km/h (~93mph), but for the most part I was just below 140 (~87mph).
Then this past weekend, driving in Japan where the limits are absurdly low, I was driving between 100 and 120 (~62–75mph) on highways limited between 60 and 80 (~37–50mph), because that's what the rate of traffic was (nobody follows the speed limits in Japan).
In California with limit of 65, 75-80 is the usual flow when the fast lane is running decent. Can get to 85+ in non busy areas
This was me when I lived in CA. Since moving to AZ I've slowed down to 70 (5 over) which is what most people drive.
Man I would cry my ass off everything I got on the freeway if the speed limit was 55! Like everyone said I'll follow the flow of the traffic in the fast lane and that's usually 75 mabey 80
10 or 20 over the speed limit, so about 70 to 80mph. The crazy thing is that some idiots still pass me like fucking maniacs even at those speeds.
I mostly drive at night when nobody else is around. 10 over the limit before midnight. 15 over the limit after midnight. Otherwise I'm just keeping up with everybody else.
Speed limits on the two freeways I drive on are 55 and 60.
Edit: Seeing speed limits of up to 80 mph in this thread and that seems wild.
Speed limits on the two freeways I drive on are 55 and 60.
Edit: Seeing speed limits of up to 80 mph in this thread and that seems wild.
you gotta speed up in AZ lol people around here have massive road rage and like to flash their guns around, there is times i go 85-90 mph and people still get mad and flip me off while they pass me going 100mph its crazy lol
Which is why no one does the limit cause it's stupid as shit. Thanks de Blasio!
Honestly, unless they're posted on the side of the highway with radar/laser devices and that's literally their jobs, cops don't even give a shit unless you're going 20+ over or doing something ridiculous like swerving in and out of traffic. I've routinely overtaken cops doing 65 and they don't blink an eye. You just have to get by that wall of assholes that spread across all lanes right behind the cop doing 54 cause they don't want to be the one that tests their luck.
People generally go 65+ on the highway with a 55 limit and 40+ on the streets with a 25 limit.
No one's stopping you. Just stay in the slow lane like you're supposed to. :p
I noticed it, just didn't think you meant to go full Sammy Hagar. You never go full Sammy Hagar.
Usually 70-75, as that's what everyone else does. Though I always leave a car-length or two between my car and the one in front just in case. But if there aren't any cars in front of me I might hit 80-85.
Lies.
Look, I can't buy these shitty Carnage comics if I'm paying for speeding tickets and increased car insurance bills.
The fastest I have driven in my country is 240 km/h or almost 150 mph for a short acceleration bit, just to check out the tune I did on the car, the max limit generally is 90 km/h (55 mph) and some roads have 100 km/h(62 mph) . The average speed I hold when abroad in Poland/Germany/Austria/Italy is 130 km/h(80 mph) where permissable and max up to 150 km/h (93 mph) where no limit, While cruising. I don't have a problem with speed, as I am always sure of my cars technical situation. But as I have now got a more of a family car and I have sold the sporty car, I have mellowed out a lot with age. And generally just drive 10 over the limit like everyone.
5 over, which is 80mph on my freeways. In general I'll drive 5 over everywhere, with the one exception being neighborhoods.
Around 78. Speed limits around me are 70, tho. My work car (which I use primarily) has a GPS narc in it that will tell on me if I go 10mph over for longer than a minute or so.
The cops in the rural areas around me are fucking sharks, also. I barely go over the limit at all in certain areas because they're so ridiculous. Never had a speeding ticket in my life until moving here. Two in a year or so after, in the exact same stretch of road.
The cops in the rural areas around me are fucking sharks, also. I barely go over the limit at all in certain areas because they're so ridiculous. Never had a speeding ticket in my life until moving here. Two in a year or so after, in the exact same stretch of road.
