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L.C.E.C. on 09 September 2008
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Gnizmo said:
L.C.E.C. said:

hahaha... that is so full of BS. by law, in order to get a ticket you must be going 6 mph over the speed limit. if everyone was force to go exactly or below the speed limit, people would go below, increasing unnecessary traffic and probably causing MORE accidents, which is the same reason that the highways were just allowed to go back up in speed, because it's actually more dangerous to go TOO SLOW.

 That varies from state to state, and possibly city to city. I assure you that here you can get a ticket for going even 1 MPH over the speed limit. I have seen it.

 Secondly people going slightly slower will not increase the amount of traffic significantly. The reason traffic occurs is people have to slow down excessively to allow people to change lanes or enter a lane. This is caused by people not allowing enough space for a car to get into the lane. If less people tail-gated trying to cause other to speed up traffic would be reduced massively.

 Thirdly your example is entirely out of context. The reason you are not allowed to go below a certain speed on interstates is because it is dangerous to go that much slower than the traffic around you. The only good reason to increase a speed limit is because people will break the law anyways and create an excessively dangerous situation for those people who are obeying the law. Going too slow on its own has absolutely no ill effects. You might notice that humans walk at an average speed of less than 5 MPH and there is no record of this causing a massive casualties anytime in history. Please try to be at least half-informed on what you are talking about before trying to sound smart,

Well... IDK where you live, but here in Texas, you have a 5 mph leeway. Most accidents in my area are caused by people zipping around the people who go too slow (which is wrong no matter how you look at it). If everyone is going 43, and you're going 38, there WILL be a problem.

BTW, I'm NOT talking about going SLOWER INDIVIDUALLY ON THE INTERSTATES. They Increased the overall speed limits because a 5-year study found that when drivers go below a certain speed (I think it was 65-75) on a highway, (and 80 on some roads, if I remember correctly) you cause more traffic. and more accidents occur. It is also one of the reasons why the 55 MPH federal limit was repealed. Please clarify about what someone is talking about before you just assume you know what they are talking about and make an unrelted argument in an attempt to make yourself sound smarter.