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Originally Posted by RPiM5
Truth. Cars are becoming more safe with technology and yet we still have outdated speed limits from Traffic and Engineering Survey's conducted decades ago. I find that it is actually very difficult for me to do the posted speed limit of 55mph on the Capital Beltway on the Virginia side because almost everyone is doing 65-70mph. I once tried really hard to stay at exactly 55mph and I almost got into 5 collisions in only 5 miles of driving.
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Here in Texas where I live we have a road with an 85 mph speed limit. I drive the 80mph part of it fairly often. I10 west of San Antonio all the way to El Paso is 80mph and while there are some DPS out there, there are plenty of places they aren't. US 285 north of Pecos is desolate.
The road is lumpy in some places but go as fast as you want, no cops out there, no jurisdiction, no people for miles around. North of Orla, there is nothing. Here is Orla.
